62 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



Motacilla feldeggi feldeggi Michahelles. Black- 

 headed Wagtail. 



^ summer. Above yellowish green ; crown, face, ear 

 coverts, nape and occasionally to upper back black ; no eyebrow ; 

 entire underparts, chin to under tail coverts, yellow. Winter : 

 crown and ear coverts fringed greenish brown, $ Crown black 

 with some brown feathers. Wing ^ 79-88. Tail 70-80. Tarsus 

 23-26 (W,). Bill 12-13. Some specimens have a yellow eyebrow 

 (" M. xanthophrys " Sharpe), others, a white one (" M. paradoxus " 

 (Brehm)). These both occur on spring passage in Egypt. 



Breeds. — Balkan Peninsula, S. Russia to Astrakhan and 

 Caucasus, and Persia and Asia Minor. Migrates ; occurs on 

 passage in Egypt ; occasional Italy, Algeria, Tunisia ; rare 

 otherwise in Europe. Winters in N.E. Africa south to Kenya 

 Colony and Uganda, and in Arabia. 



M. feldeggi melanogrisea (Homeyer). ^ Crown duller 

 black, more ashy than in "feldeggi," chin and generally a line 

 under ear coverts white ; generally smaller. Wing 80-85. First 

 winter : lacks olive green on upper parts and yellow on under- 

 parts in both sexes ; general colour grey and white, eyebrow 

 whitish, rump slate grey, underparts grey black (Ticehurst). 



A W. Asiatic breeding race ; rare on passage in Egypt, has 

 occurred once E. Russia, 



Motacilla citreola citreola Pallas. 



<^ summer. Head, neck, and underparts yellow ; on hind 

 neck a black patch ; back and scapulars ashy grey ; wing coverts 

 and secondaries brown with broad white margins. Bill, legs and 

 feet black. Winter : browner, crown greyish green, forehead 

 yellow, no black patch on hind neck. Wing ^ 81-88, $ 78-83. 

 Tarsus 24-26. Bill 11-13. ? in summer like $ in winter; in 

 winter forehead greyish green. Young : dull grey, whitish beneath, 

 chest slightly spotted ; wing coverts with broad white tips. 



Breeds. — N.E. Russia (White Sea to Ufa and Samara Govts.) 

 and N. Asia. Winters S. Asia. Rare Egypt, Italy, Austria, 

 Heligoland, 



Motacilla cinerea cinerea Tunstall, Grey Wagtail. 

 /^?■. Bergeronnette jaune ; Ger. Gebirgs-Bachstelze ; Ital. Ballerina 

 gialla ; Swed. Graiirla. 



