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THE WHITE WAGTAIL. 



MotaciUa aiha (L.). 



The reports sent in ^vith regard to this species are too dis- 

 connected and meagre tor any concise account to be given 

 o£ its movements. 



It apparently arrived in pairs or quite small parties at 

 many points along the south coast from Cornwall to Kent, 

 bat possibly the majority arrived at the western extremity. 

 It seems to have straggled through the country by no very 

 definite route, though the records from the vicinity of the 

 west coast are more numerous than those from elsewhere 

 and perhaps point io a more or less "coasting^' })assage 

 northwards. The earliest record was from Renfrew on the 

 23rd of March, so that the migration period must have lasted 

 from about the third week of that month until at least the 

 20th of May, when birds were still passing the Pentland 

 iSkerries. The lust arrival recorded on the south coast was 

 indicated by a single bird taken at St. Catherine's light 

 (Hampshire) on May 6th/7th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 

 March 23rd. Renfrew. 



April 



25th. 



Sussex, 



29th. 



Kent, Lancashire 



1st. 



Worcester. 



2nd. 



Kent, Yorkshire. 



3rd. 



Brecknock. 



4th. 



Montgomery. 



5th.^ Kent, Worcester. 



