. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. MOTACILLWM—WAGTAILS. 97. though I have never personally identified it with certainty, and the only actual record of its appearance here I have been able to meet with is the following : Mr. Joseph Clarke, writing at Saffron Walden about 1845, says (24) of the "Pale Wagtail, Mot. alha, Tem.," that it "breeds here occasionally. A whole brood of five, with the old one feeding them, seen at Wenden, 1836, by S. Salmon and ; It has also been known to breed in several other southern counties. Ca
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. MOTACILLWM—WAGTAILS. 97. though I have never personally identified it with certainty, and the only actual record of its appearance here I have been able to meet with is the following : Mr. Joseph Clarke, writing at Saffron Walden about 1845, says (24) of the "Pale Wagtail, Mot. alha, Tem.," that it "breeds here occasionally. A whole brood of five, with the old one feeding them, seen at Wenden, 1836, by S. Salmon and ; It has also been known to breed in several other southern counties. Canon Babington says (46. 248) that two specimens, one in winter, the other in summer plumage, which " were in all probability obtained in the neighbour- hood of Sudbury," are in the King Collection, passing as Pied Wagtails, Pied Wagtail : Motacilla lugubris. Locally, " Nanny Wag- tail," and " ; A common resident, though partially migratory, most of our birds going south dur- ing winter. Mr. Buxton says (47. 89) that in Epping Forest it is " a common ; He adds : " The greater number go south, to return about the end of P'ebruary, dressed in their summer plumage. Those that re- main with us, retain their winter garb until the spring is farther ; Many certainly do leave us in winter, but not all, as I saw one here on December 8th, 1879, the day after the very severe frost. Mr. E. Gottwaltz records (29. Feb. $, 1876) that for three winters one amused itself almost daily by tapping on a window of a house at Great Baddow, a strange proceeding which has before been recorded of this and other species. Grey Wagtail: Motacilla melanope. An uncommon autumn and winter visitor. of its having ever bred with us. Mr. Seebohm says (45. ii. p. 204): " I first became acquainted with these charming birds in the neigh- bourhood of Saffron Walden. Be- tween this town and Audley End lies Lord Bra^^brooke's Park. A
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