42 MOTACILLID^. 



the Orkney Islands. It is more widely distributed after 

 the nesting-season and in winter. A number emigrate in 

 autumn and return in the spring as Summer Visitors. It is 

 occasionally noticed during the migratory periods in the 

 Shetland Islands and Hebrides. 



General Distribution. — The Grey W^agtail breeds through- 

 out Europe from south Sweden eastwards to the Urals. It is 

 a partial migrant, being found in winter as far south as 

 Senegambia and British East Africa. It is represented by 

 M. h. melannpe in Asia, and a resident race, M. b. schmitd, 

 has been described from the Atlantic Islands. 



Motacilla rail. Yellow Wagtail. 



Budytes rayi Bonaparte, Oomp. List B. Eur. and 

 X. Amer. 1838, p. 18 : British Islands. 



Motacilla i-aii (Bonap.) ; B. O. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 31; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1S99, p. 129. 

 Motacilla campestris Pall. ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 188.3, 



p. 510. 



Rayi, more correctly rail, in honour of the natnralist, John Eay (1628-1705). 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Summer Visitor^ 

 widely distributed, but local in the west of England, Wales, 

 Ireland, and the lowlands of Scotland ; as a Straggler during 

 the migratory periods it has occurred in the north of Scotland, 

 Outer Hebrides, and not infrequently in Fair Isle, Shetlands. 



General Distribution. — The Yellow Wagtail breeds in 

 western Holland, north - western France, and perhaps 

 Portugal and Heligoland. It passes through north-west 

 Africa on migration, wintering in western Africa. 



Motacilla flava. Blue-heabed Wagtail. 



Motacilla flava Linnwus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 185: 



Sweden. 



Motacilla flava Linn. ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 31 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. x. 1885, p. 516 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd 

 ed. 1899, p. 127. 



Plava= yellow. 



