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THE WHITE WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla alha L. 



The earliest records for this species are from Carmarihen- 

 sliire on the 17th and from Northumberland on the 20th of 

 March. Curiously enough, with the exception of two birds 

 observed in Devonshire, all the March records are from the 

 northern midlands and northern counties, i. e. from Leicester- 

 shire and Derbyshire on the 26th, Westmoreland on the 

 27th, and Cheshire and Cumberland on the 31st of March. 

 Observations of this species in the southern counties were 

 very few : one only was seen in Hampshire on the 4th of 

 April, and the first arrivals were noted in Sussex on the 9th 

 and in Kent on the 13lh of April. Besides these there were 

 hardly any observations. In the eastern counties this Wagtail 

 was not noticed in Essex, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire 

 or Cambridgeshire, and was only twice reported in Norfolk ; 

 it was therefore very difficult to make out from the records 

 wlien and where it reached our shores. There were no light- 

 house observations, and this further increased the difficulty 

 of forming any conclusions regarding the movements of 

 this bird. 



Cheonological Summary of the Hecords. 



arch 17. 



Carmarthen, Brecon. 



„ 20. 



Northumberland. 



„ 26. 



Leicester, Derby. 



„ 27. 



Westmoreland. 



„ 28. 



Westraoi-eland (decrease) 



„ 31. 



Cheshire, Cumberland. 



Devon. 



