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species ; nor can I find it alluded to by any of our 

 British ornithologists. I distinctly ascertained that 

 it proceeded from the chiff-chaff, as no other bird 

 was singing near at the time ; and I could easily 

 trace the individual that uttered it about the garden, 

 as it flew from tree to tree. 



WAGTAILS.* 



I OBSERVE about here greater numbers of the 

 common pied wagtail in the autumn than any other 

 season of the year. This is probably accounted for 

 by the circumstance of the birds of our own neigh- 

 bourhood being joined at that time by those which 

 arrive from the higher parts of the country. Accord- 

 ing to Selby, this species is a regular migrant in 

 the North of England, retiring southward in Octo- 

 ber, and not reappearing till February or the begin- 

 ning of March. 



The grey wagtail f is most common with us in 

 the month of January, and I know no instance of 

 its being seen here in the summer. 



TREE-PIPIT.J 



July 9th, 1827. FOUND the nest of a tree-pipit 

 placed on the ground beneath a tussock of Air a 

 ccespitosa. It was formed of hay and grass, patched 

 externally with moss and lined with fine grass. The 



* Motacilla yarrellii, Gould. f M. boarula, Linn, 



t Anthus arboreus, Bechst. 



