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cervinus, Pall.) on these fells, although it is met 

 with a little north. 



The continental white wagtail (Motacilla alba, 

 Lin. ; " ring aria/' Sw.) was scarcely so common 

 here as the yellow wagtail, "gularla," which 

 abounded in all the lowlands. The yellow wagtail 

 did not make its appearance till the 17th of May, or 

 nearly three weeks later than the white wagtail. I 

 never saw up here the common variety of the yellow 

 wagtail (Motacilla neglecta, Gould), which is our 

 common one in "Wermland ; all that I met with 

 here were the Motacilla borealis, Sund. In all the 

 males I killed, the head was black, with or with- 

 out a white streak over the eye. The call-note 

 and habits of this wagtail resemble much those 

 of the Motacilla neglecta; and it is hard to say 

 whether we are justified in considering it as a 

 distinct species, or anything more than a northernly 

 form. If, however, the grey-headed yellow wag- 

 tail is to be considered as a distinct species from 

 Hay's wagtail, I think this M. borealis (Sund.) is 

 also entitled to be considered distinct ; but we are 

 all yet much in the dark respecting the European 

 wagtails; and perhaps after all, which I think 

 highly probable, we have but three distinct species 

 of the wagtail in Europe. 



Of the titmice, as may be supposed, we had 

 plenty of individuals in these forests, although 



