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TROGLODYTID&—continued. 
America. 
Beneath anteriorly it is brownish 
ocraceus, with minute specks, instead 
of the very pale yellowish ash of 
Europe. 
T. parvulus. (Baird, Brewer, and 
Ridgway.) 
Troglodytes borealis.* Fischer. 
Found in Iceland and the Faroe Isles. 
Professor Newton considers it inter- 
mediate between 7. parvulus of 
Europe and TZ. aédon of America 
(Dresser. ) 
MOoraciLLipD&. 
Motacilla alba. 
Two specimens have been taken in 
Greenland. (Newton.) 
Motacilla flava.* Linn. 
Observed by H, M. Bannister in Norton’s 
Sound, June, 18€6, where it was quite 
abundant. (Baird, Brewer, and 
Ridgway.) 
Very numerous at St. Michael’s, 
Alaska; nest and eggs taken by Mr. 
Motacilla alba.* Linn. (White Wagtail.) 
Europe generally except the extreme 
north, and in winter south, even to 
Senegal in Africa. 
Motacilla flava.* Linn. 
Wagtail.) 
Common in Central Europe, Norway, 
and Sweden. Found in Lapland 
(Linn.) North-east Africa, Himalayas 
(Gould). Japan (Temminck). 
Rare in England. 
(Gray-headed 
Turner. (Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 
Club, January, 1878, p. 38.) 
ATHINA. 
Anthus ludovicianus.* Licht, (American  Anthus ludovicianus. 
Tit-lark.) 
Found throughout the whole of North 
America, and in Greenland ; and south 
to Guatemala and even Peru, but not 
noticed in the West Indies. (Baird, 
Brewer, and Ridgway.) 
Anthus pratensis. 
One was received from Greenland, 1845. 
(Newton. ) 
One occurred at St. Michael’s, Alaska. 
(Mr. W. H. Dall.) 
It has been twice taken in Heligoland. 
(Giitke.) 
Five in England, several in Scotland, 
and two in Ireland have been recorded, 
but some of these may have been A. 
spinoletia. (Harding’s Hand-Book, 
p: 109.) 
Anthus pratensis.* (L.) Bechst. (Meadow 
Pipit.) 
Europe generally. Asia Minor (Canon 
Tristram) ; India (Mr. Hume); North 
East Africa (Captain Clark Ken- 
nedy); North West Africa. 
SYLVICOLID®. 
Dendroica virens.* Baird, (Black-throated 
Green Warbler.) 
Greenland; Eastern United States, to 
Texas and Mexico (numerous in 
winter); and south to the Parana 
river; and in Cuba. (Baird, Brewer, 
and Ridgway.) 
Dendroica virens. 
One was taken in Heligoland, 19 
October, 1858. (Baird, Brewer, and 
Ridgway, Vol. i., p. 263.) 
HIRUNDINID&. 
Baird. (Purple Martin). 
The whole of North America; Breeds 
from Florida to the north. Found 
also in Bermuda and all tropical South 
America, (Baird, Brewer, and Ridg- 
way.) 
Progne subis.* 
Progne subis. 
Accidental in Europe. 
One was taken at Kingstown, Ireland, 
1840. (Yarrell, Brit. Birds, Vol. ii. 
p- 267). One at Huddersfield, 1854. 
(Hobkirk, Huddersfield, its Hist. and 
Nat. Hist., 1868, p. 218.) 
