. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Order Passeres, complete in two volumes . to recognize speci^^s, but to watch the birds to their nests.—A. G. >- The Yellow —MO TA CILLID^F. The Yellow Wagtail. Moiacilla rail, BoNAP. ACCORDING to Seebohm, this species breeds in the north of France, passesthrough the south of France, Spain, and Portugal on migration, andoccasionally strays into North-west Italy, in all of which districts it ispossible that a few remain to breed. In Africa it has been found in winter as farsouth as the Transvaal on the east coast, and has occurred in Ga
. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Order Passeres, complete in two volumes . to recognize speci^^s, but to watch the birds to their nests.—A. G. >- The Yellow —MO TA CILLID^F. The Yellow Wagtail. Moiacilla rail, BoNAP. ACCORDING to Seebohm, this species breeds in the north of France, passesthrough the south of France, Spain, and Portugal on migration, andoccasionally strays into North-west Italy, in all of which districts it ispossible that a few remain to breed. In Africa it has been found in winter as farsouth as the Transvaal on the east coast, and has occurred in Gambia, the GoldCoast, and the Gaboon on the west. An isolated colony appears to exist in South-east Russia and West Turkestan. To Great Britain the Yellow Wagtail is a summer migrant, being generallydistributed in England, excepting in Cornwall and Devon, where it is, however,seen on migration. In Scotland it is far more local, being most common in thesouthern counties, nevertheless it has perhaps been met with in Sutherlandshire,and is believed to breed in Inverness and Aberdeen; its occurrence in Orkneyand the Shetlands has been reported, but
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