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THE WHITE WAGTAIL (Mutacilla alha). 



AVliite Wagtails were observed at Girdleness (Aberdeen) and on the 

 Pentland Skerries (Orkney) on the 23rd and 29th of July. 



The tirst migrants arrived on Fair Isle (Shetland) on the 12th and 

 13th of August, and on the l4th a large migratory movement was in 

 progress on that island, at the Pentland Skerries and on Tiree (Argyll). 

 The species was plentiful on Fair Isle during the next two days, it was 

 passing south in Mull on the 16th and 17th, and further immigrants 

 arrived on Fair Isle on the 31st. Single birds were seen at Balgray 

 (Clyde) on the 19th and on the south coasts of Cornwall and Sussex on 

 the 26th and 29t]i. 



In September White Wagtails were numerous at Lochmaddy (North 

 List) on the 1st and on St. Kilda between the 2nd and 11th, wliile 

 passing birds were pretty frequently seen on the latter island between 

 the 11th of September and the 3rd of October, the numbers being large 

 on the 19th and 21st. The first migrants appeared at the Isle of May 

 (Fife) on the 9th and 10th and quite small numbers were passing there 

 between the latter date and the 29th, and on Fair Isle and the Pentland 

 Skerries from the 19th to the 21st. About a dozen were seen on the 

 Manx coast on the 14th and 27th, several at Tarbatness (E. Ross) on the 

 18th and two on the 25th, and quite small numbers on Fair Isle between 

 the 21st and 26th. Single birds or pairs were seen in Ayrshire on the 

 1st, at Portmahomack (E. Eoss) on the 16th, in Gloucester on the 23rd, 

 in Cheshire on the 28th and in AVigtown on the 30th. On the 1st of 

 October twenty or more Avere seen in Cheshire and one at Balgray, 

 while single stragglers occurred on Fair Isle on the 16th and 17th of 

 November. 



THE PIED WAGTAIL (Motacilla liKjvhris). 



Migratory movements commenced early in July. Passing flocks were 

 observed in Gloucester from the 8th to the 16th, and in Cumberland 

 during the last ten days of the month. 



In August numbers were reported going south-east in Sussex on the 

 11th, and smaller numbers in Surrey on the 12th and on the Suffolk 

 coast on the 19th, 22nd and 27th. Large flocks passed through Lan- 

 cashire on the 4th, 19th and 23rd, while an observer in Cumberland 

 reported a steady stream of migrants throughout the month. An arrival 

 was noted on Sule Skerry (Orkney) on the 19th. 



During September migration was very brisk. Many small parties 

 were reported from Cumberland between the 1st and 10th ; in Kent a 

 large flock going south was observed on the 3rd and in Surrey one of 

 about fifty individuals on the 10th. On the same day arrivals took place 

 at the Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides), and migrants were passing 

 through the Pentland Skerries from the 11th until the 13th of the 

 following month. On the Sufiblk coast small parties were recorded as 

 passing on the 12th and 13th and from the loth to the 29th and in 



