410 MOTACILLID A. 
in December, contained many specimens of the minute river 
limpet, Ancylus fluviatilis. 
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 1s 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. Blyth, 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. 
