YELLOW WAGTAIL.
MOTACILLA R A I I (Bonap.).
Budytes Rayi, Bonap. Comp. List B. Eur. & N. Am. p. 18
(1838) ; Macg. ii. p. 212.
Motacilla rayi, Hewitson, i. p. 170.
Motacilla raii, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 564; Dresser, iii. p. 277.
Bergeronnette à tête jaune, French ; Pépita real, Spanish.
This species or race is, in Europe, the western representative
of M. Jlava, from which it only differs in the
colour of the head. The present bird is a common
summer visitor to most parts of England, rare in the
extreme north of Scotland, and stated by several authors
to have been only found breeding in Ireland on the shores
of Lough Neagh ; to this statement, however, I demur,
as I met with a nest containing eggs on the western
shore of Lough Corrib in the summer of 1853, on which
occasion I clearly identified both of the parent birds.
YELLOW WAGTAIL.
Motacilla ra il, Bonap .
