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the Orkney Islands. It is more widely distributed after 

 the nesting-season and in winter. A number emigrate in 

 autumn and return in the spring as Summer Visitors. It is 

 occasionally noticed during the migratory periods in the 

 Shetland Islands and Hebrides. 



General Distribution. The Grey Wagtail breeds through- 

 out Europe from south Sweden eastwards to the Urals. It is 

 a partial migrant, being found in winter as far south as 

 Senegambia and British East Africa. It is represented by 

 M. 1). melanope in Asia, and a resident race, M. b. schmitzi, 

 has been described from the Atlantic Islands. 



Motacilla rail. YELLOW WAGTAIL. 



Budytes rayi Bonaparte, Com p. List B. Eur. and 

 N. Amer. 1838, p. 18 : British Islands. 



Motacilla rail (Bo-nap.) ; B. O. IT. List, 1st eel. 1883, p. 31 ; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 129. 

 Motacilla campestris Pall. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, 



p. 510. 



Rayi, more correctly rail, in honour of the naturalist, John Ray (1628-1705). 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Summer Visitor, 



widely distributed, but local in the west of England, Wales, 



Ireland, and the lowlands of Scotland ; as a Straggler during 



the migratory periods it has occurred in the north of Scotland, 



Outer Hebrides, and not infrequently in Fair Isle, Shetlands. 



General Distribution. The Yellow Wagtail breeds in 



western Holland, north - western France, and perhaps 



Portugal and Heligoland. It passes through north-west 



Africa on migration, wintering in western Africa. 



Motacilla flava. BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla flava Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 185: 

 Sweden. 



Motacilla flava Linn. ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 31 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, p. 516 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd 

 ed. 1899, p. 127. 

 Fldva= yellow. 



