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inland parts of the country? It appears to me very evident that 
these birds, holding such a westerly course, were going direct to 
Iceland; for birds making Norway and Lapland their destination 
would keep more to the eastward on their course, a few, perhaps, 
touching the English coast, while the bulk of the flight would 
keep along the Dutch and Danish coasts. 
Addendum.—Through inadvertence, I omitted the fact that in 
1893 a specimen was obtained on Achill Island, Co. Mayo, by 
Mr. Sheridan, of Sleve Mort Hotel. It may interest some 
readers to know that, two or three days after the flight seen 
by Mr. Kirkwood on May 10th had left the island, they were 
succeeded by a little party of five birds, which remained up 
to the 19th, on which day I had the pleasure of seeing three of — 
them; and on the 26th Mr. Kirkwood, calling here, informed me 
that a pair of the Wagtails were still on the island, haunting an 
ivy-covered cliff, as if going to build there. However, I do not 
think it likely that they will breed, and that they were only — 
detained from continuing their northern journey by the long- — 
continued north-west winds. 
