. A history of British birds . 548 MOTACILLlDiE. PASSERES. -K f t. ^s:,-^ -) ^ •--^;^oa? <<-fc=^ MOTACILLA ALBA, LillUfeUS*. THE WHITE WAGTAIL. MotaciUa alha. The belief expressed in 1838, in the first edition of thiswork, that the White Wagtail would be occasionally foundin this country has been verified in many instances, and itmay now be regarded as an annual summer-visitor to certainlocalities. Its first recognized occurrence seems to havebeen late in the month of May, 1841, when Mr. Bond foundtwo pairs of this bird on the banks of the reservoir at Kings-bury, and shot
. A history of British birds . 548 MOTACILLlDiE. PASSERES. -K f t. ^s:,-^ -) ^ •--^;^oa? <<-fc=^ MOTACILLA ALBA, LillUfeUS*. THE WHITE WAGTAIL. MotaciUa alha. The belief expressed in 1838, in the first edition of thiswork, that the White Wagtail would be occasionally foundin this country has been verified in many instances, and itmay now be regarded as an annual summer-visitor to certainlocalities. Its first recognized occurrence seems to havebeen late in the month of May, 1841, when Mr. Bond foundtwo pairs of this bird on the banks of the reservoir at Kings-bury, and shot two males and a female (Ann. and Hist. vii. p. 350). In the spring of 1842, a specimenwas shot near Carlisle, which passed into the possession ofthe late Mr. T. C. Heysham, and in April, 1843, three wereobtained by Mr. James J. Trathan, near Falmouth ( 188). Mr. Eodd now states that in Cornwall this bird isnot uncommon in the spring-mouths, and the informationcollected by Mr. More shews that there is good reason forbelieving that it has bred in several parts
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