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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Family — Motacillidce. 
Genus — Motacilla. 
44. Motacilla alba. White Wagtail. 
A scarce summer visitor. 
We think that this species is probably not really so 
scarce as it is supposed to be, for it has been noticed in 
several places in the county, and is probably overlooked 
in most other parts. 
In the Isle of Wight a pair of wagtails, with their nest, 
was obtained at Freshwater by Mr. H. Rogers, which Bond 
and Gould referred to this species, though the birds were 
not so pale as usual. (More.) ^ 
In the year 1900, Kelsall says, a male pied wagtail 
paired with a white wagtail, and brought up its young in 
his garden at Milton ; he identified the female by the well- 
defined black cap, as seen against the grey back, in accord- 
ance with the description in Yarrell. He has often seen it 
during the autumn migration in the south of the county, 
and Munn has seen it at the same season in the north. 
The " white " wagtails referred to by Gilbert White - are 
doubtless the pied species. 
Colonel Irby has reported the white wagtail from 
Wolmer Forest. 
' *' The Distribution of Birds in Great Britain during the nesting season.'* 
" Ibis," 1865. 
^ Letter xiii. to Pennant. Selborne. January 22nd, 1768. 
