192 THE BIRDS OF COMSrWAiL. 



in the east of the county, and for the last two years in the 

 neighbourhood of Truro ; often seen in the autumn at Scilly ; 

 breeds locally througliout the mountainous and rolling ground 

 of central and southern Europe. 



Blue-headed Wagtail ; this continental form of our yellow 

 wagtail is a casual spring and summer visitor to the west of the 

 county ; two specimens were procured at Scilly in September, 

 1871 ; breeds throughout western Europe, migrating in winter 

 to the south of Africa. 



Ashy-headed Wagtail ; a sub-species of the preceding, 

 breeding in southern Europe and northern Africa, and migrating 

 as far south as the Transvaal ; of the two specimens taken in 

 England, one identiiied by Gould was obtained near Penzance. 



Yellow Wagtail ; a spring and autumn visitor, passing 

 to and from its breeding haunts that range from Somerset north- 

 ward, and often lingering in the county for several weeks on both 

 journeys ; for the past three seasons at least several birds have 

 spent the winter in Truro ; its winter migrations extend clown the 

 coast of West Africa ; occasionally seen in migration at Scilly. 



Meadow Pipit ; resident, abundant and generally dis- 

 tributed on the commons, heaths, moors, downs, and indeed in 

 all open situation" throughout the county during the warmer 

 months of the year, but almost entirely restricted to lower-lying 

 ground in winter ; resident at Scilly ; a considerable influx takes 

 place in autu.mn and the return migration in spring ; its 

 breeding range extends from the extrem.e north of Europe to the 

 Pyrenees. 



Tree Pipit ; a snmmer migrant, wintering round the Medi- 

 terranean basin ; abundant in the east of the county, occasionally 

 seen in the middle but not recorded from the west, except 

 occasionally from Scilly in the autumn. 



Tawny Pipit ; an accidental visitor, breeding in Holland 

 and the north of Erance, wintering south of the Mediterranean ; 

 represented in Cornwall by a single specimen, shot at Tresco, 

 Scilly, Sept., 1868. 



Richards' Pipit ; a casual visitor from Asia, of which at 

 least eight specimens have been obtained in CornAvall, including 

 four from Scilly, two from Penzance, and two from Falmouth ; 

 seen at Landrake, March, 1900. 



