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are in the possession of Mr. R. Service ; and Mr. Jolin Corrie 
Wagtails ,s also the least common. I have seen it in one 
locahty for several years in succession, but I am doubtf^ 
elk ^'"^'^"'^ generally."* Mr. J. Harkness 
Sorm^d ir"""" ^"'^ I confidently 
mtormed that a pair were seen on the Nith below Drumlanrig 
Cas le m the spring of 1908. Mr. WiUiam Laidlaw inform! 
Tthe p! d "*?P°" Langholm, and that he has ke^t boTh 
Sru ^ . ' ^"^y Wagtails in captivity. 
The Yel ow Wagtail may nest in many more localities 
bu the epithet yellow is so commonly applied both to ^' 
melanope and M. raii, that in many reports I have been 
iXw t " -^-'^^P-- was inTended 
h,i I u S^^y *bout it, the head and 
back, which m the Grey Wagtail are of a skte-grey bei^2 
yellow colour, besides being smaller in size 
Its wmter-home may be said to be in western Africa 
and ,t amves here in April and departs about S^tem^r ' 
THE TREE-PIPIT. Anthus triviaUs (Unn^ns). 
Local names-TREE-LAEK ; Wood-Lark. 
A summer-visitanl throughout the arable district. 
TtL"^' WnoTr^ " f Tree-Pipit 
Sry^I^s™' -nce,ha^\td^^: 
It IS perhaps one of the most enjoyable sights in spring 
* Trans D. and G. Nat. Hist. Soc. November lOth. 1888. 
