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Gi-Qj Wagtails were first observed at Largo (Fife) on the 5tli of 

 September, arrivals took place on the Flanuans and at Tarbatness 

 (E. Ross) on the 7th and 8th and in Wigtown on the 30th, while passing 

 birds were noted in Lancashire on the 9th, 13th and 21st, in Worcester 

 on the 19th and in Leicester on the 30th. On the 2oth a Grey Wagtail 

 was observed at sea off Ushant making for the mainland. 



In October the records were mostly those of stragglers. Single birds 

 ■were passing in the Isle of Man on the 1st, in Cheshire on the 1st and 

 8th and in Essex on the 3rd, an increase took place in Kent on the 6th, 

 and single birds were reported from Suffolk on the 9th, Warwickshire on 

 the 11th, Hertfordshire on the 21st and Northumberland on the 27tli. 

 Arrivals took place in Norfolk on the 20th, and many were recorded on 

 the south coast of Cornwall on the 28th. On the 3rd of the month a 

 single example was seen at sea about twenty miles north of Santander 

 (N. Spain). 



Two birds were observed at Cardross (Clyde) on the 4th and en the 

 Northumberland coast on the 11th of November. 



THE YELLOW WAGTAIL (Motacilla raii). 



The emigration of this species commenced early in August. Large 

 numbers were passing in Lancashire between the 4th and 11th, a good 

 many in Suffolk on the 6th, and many at Balgray (Clyde) between the 

 6th and 13th. Large numbers were recorded on the coast of Suffolk and 

 a small party in Yorkshire on the 25th, the former passing on during the 

 two following diiys, while a great increase took place in Cheshire on the 

 31st. Minor movements in August were reported from the ITampshire 

 coast between the 13th and 31st, from Linlithgow on the 14th and 19th, 

 from Lancashire and Dorsetshire on the 19th, on the Suffolk coast 

 between the 19th and 23rd, in Kent on the 22nd and 31st, and in 

 Somerset during the latter half of the month. Yellow Wagtails were 

 reported as being seen for the last time in Staffordshire on the 22nd. 



In September the great increase that took place in Cheshire on the 

 31st of the previous month was followed by a decrease on the 2nd and 

 an increase again on the lOth. Numbers were observed passing in 

 Lancashire on the 1st and 2nd and in Yorkshire between the 1st and 

 15th ; an observer in that county reported from sixty to a hundred 

 sitting on telegraph wires at 6 p.m. on the 21st, after which day he saw 

 no more. Numbers were passing in Hampshire between the 13th and 

 18th. Movements of small numbers were recorded in Dorset on the 

 1st, Surrey on the 3rd, Linlithgow on the 4th, Devonshire on the 5th 

 and 6th and Suffolk on the 8tli and 12th. The last bird was seen in 

 Hampshire en the 27th, and one was killed at Hanois Light (Guernsey) 

 on the 29th/30th. 



