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in December, contained many specimens of the minute river 

 limpet, A ncylus flumatilis. 



Of the counties on our eastern coast, the Grey Wagtail 

 appears to be a winter visitor in Essex, Suffolk, and Nor- 

 folk ; and a summer visitor, according to Mr. Selby, in 

 Durham and Northumberland, a few remaining the whole 

 year. Mr. Selby also mentions having observed this bird in 

 June 1834, upon most of the banks of the rivers and margins 

 of lochs in Sutherlandshire. This species, however, has no 

 very high northern range, never appearing in Denmark, 

 Norway, or Sweden. Southward, on the European Conti- 

 nent, it is resident about Geneva, according to M. Necker, 

 and inhabits Spain, Provence, and Italy, it is found in 

 Corfu, Sicily and Malta. It is also an inhabitant of the 

 island of Madeira. B. Hodgson, Esq., Mr. Gould, and 

 Mr. E. Ely th, have seen specimens of this bird from various 

 parts of India ; and M. Temminck states that examples 

 from Japan, Java, and Sumatra exactly resembled the 

 European bird. 



In summer the beak of the male is dusky brown ; the 

 edges of both mandibles light brown ; irides dark hazel ; 

 crown of the head and the ear-coverts slate-grey, with a light 

 buff-coloured streak above the eye extending over the ear- 

 coverts, and another under the ear-coverts ; neck, scapulars, 

 back, and rump, slate-grey ; wing-coverts and quill-feathers 

 almost black ; the coverts tipped with buffy white ; the 

 tertials edged with white ; upper tail-coverts king's- yellow; 

 the outside tail-feather on each side white ; the second and 

 third on each side also white, with a narrow elongated black 

 line on the outer web of each ; the six central tail-feathers 

 black, with yellowish edges at the base ; the chin and throat 

 black ; breast, belly, and under tail-coverts, bright king's- 

 yellow ; legs, toes, and claws, pale brown. 



