BIRDS 



45. Pied Wagtail. Motacilla lugubris, Tem- 



minck. 



A common resident, but largely reinforced 

 by migration in spring. It nests freely in the 

 rural districts, and has been found breeding in 

 the South London metropolitan parks. A 

 very favourite host of the cuckoo. 



46. White Wagtail. Motacilla alba, Linn. 

 Apparently a very rare visitor, the records 



of its appearance being few. From its like- 

 ness to its common relative the pied wagtail, 

 it has probably been sometimes, possibly often, 

 overlooked (Bucknill, pp. 133-135). 



47. Grey Wagtail. Motacilla melanope, Pallas. 

 A winter visitor of somewhat local distribu- 

 tion, and has without doubt occasionally nested 

 in the county. In some places it may be 

 considered a regular and tolerably common 

 winter migrant (Bucknill t pp. 135-137). 



48. Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail. Motacilla 



fla-ua, Linn. 



Apparently another rare visitor on migra- 

 tion. It is a summer migrant to Great 

 Britain, and may have in Surrey been some- 

 times overlooked. It has been noticed in the 

 county, but seldom (Bucknill, p. 138). 



49. Yellow Wagtail. Motacilla raii (Bona- 



parte). 



Rather a common visitor in spring and 

 autumn on migration, and a few, though not 

 very many, remain to breed in the county. 

 As a breeding species it is distinctly local, but 

 as a migrant is often noticed even near London. 



50. Tree-Pipit. Anthus trivia/is (Linn.). 



A common summer visitor, arriving in the 

 first half of April, and nesting freely in the 

 rural districts, sometimes even in the metro- 

 politan area. 



51. Meadow-Pipit. Anthus pratensis (Linn.). 

 A common resident, its numbers being in- 

 creased by migration in spring. Familiarly 

 known in Surrey as the ' tit-lark.' 



52. Richard's Pipit. Anthus richardi, Vieillot. 

 Yarrell records a single specimen taken at 



Bermondsey in the early part of the century, 

 and Mr. Blyth believed that another was 

 taken on Tooting Common a few years prior 

 to 1836. The county can only lay claim to 

 these occurrences (Bucknill, p. 142). 



53. Rock-Pipit. Anthus obscurus (Latham). 

 One or two specimens of this bird appear 



to have been undoubtedly taken in Surrey, 

 but it is a mere straggler from the coast 

 (Bucknill, pp. 141, 142). 



54. Golden Oriole. Oriolus galbula, Linn. 



A summer visitor, which from its beautiful 

 'appearance is seldom allowed to remain long 

 unmolested. It may have nested occasionally 

 in the county, but it has been savagely harried 

 and killed on many occasions. It is perfectly 

 harmless and a lovely and brilliant creature, 

 and if only permitted to live would doubtless 

 soon become a common visitor to this and 

 other southern counties. As it is its repeated 

 attempts at colonization have always met with 

 a sadly inhospitable reception (Bucknill, pp. 

 64-67). 



55- Great Grey Shrike. Lanius excubitor, 

 Linn. 



A winter visitor of somewhat irregular 

 appearance. As it has been recorded from 

 the county on over a score of occasions, it 

 cannot be regarded as of extremely uncommon 

 occurrence (Bucknill, pp. 85-87). 



[Lesser Grey Shrike. Lanius miner, 

 Gmelin. 



A dubious visitor. A pair are recorded to 

 have visited Dorking in 1886, but the evi- 

 dence supporting the account cannot be re- 

 garded as conclusive (Bucknill, p. 87).] 



56. Red-backed Shrike. Lanius col/urio, Linn. 



A somewhat common summer visitor nest- 

 ing in many parts of the county, and some- 

 times even in the neighbourhood of London. 

 It arrives towards the beginning of May, 

 leaving at the end of September. 



[Woodchat Shrike. Lanius pomeranus, 

 Sparrman. 



Appears to have occurred on two or three 

 occasions in Surrey, but none of the records 

 are entirely satisfactory (Bucknill, pp. 89, 

 90).] 



57. Waxwing. Ampelh garrulus, Linn. 



A rare winter visitor of very capricious 

 appearance. In some years it has occurred in 

 Great Britain in considerable numbers, and a 

 few have as a rule been noticed in Surrey 

 during these spasmodic invasions. The last 

 local example was shot near Epsom in 1892 

 (Bucknill, p. 92). 



58. Pied Flycatcher. Muscicapa atricapilla, 



Linn. 



A rare summer visitor which has bred 

 occasionally in the county, but not, as far as 

 is known, in recent years. It has however 

 been casually recorded on a number of occa- 

 sions (Bucknill, pp. 93-95)- 



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