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THE WHITE WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla alba L. 



The earliest records of this species were from Sussex on 

 the 9th of March, and from Middlesex on the 15th; but most 

 of the reports were received from the western side of the 

 country. 



The information furnished by observers on the south 

 coast was so scanty that it was impossible to tell when and 

 where the main immigrations took place, the only authentic 

 lighthouse record being one from St. Catherine's, Isle of 

 Wight, on the night of the 29th of April. 



In Renfrewshire eight White Wagtails were observed on 

 passage on the 22nd, and in Yorkshire one was seen on 

 the 29th. 



Between the 23rd of March and the 18th of April there 

 were almost daily records from Denbigh. 



During the last few days of April the evidence pointed to a 

 definite immigration, apart from the record in the Isle of 

 Wight noted above. The species was also recorded from 

 ( Jambridge, Merioneth, Cheshire and Lancashire. 



From the south-western counties there were only three 

 records of single birds, namely, from Cornwall on the 9th 

 and 14th of May, and from Devonshire on the 13th. 



On the eastern side of the country the species was 

 Doted as occurring singly or in pairs on isolated dates 



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