GREY-AND-YELLOW WAGTAIL. 237 



the sixth equalling the longest primary when the wing is 

 closed. The tail is longer than the body, nearly straight, slen- 

 der, rounded, of twelve narrow tapering feathers. 



The bill is greyish-black, the lower mandible light grey in its 

 basal half, the inside of the mouth dusky orange. The iris dark 

 brown. The feet and claws are yellowish-brown, the latter 

 of a deeper tint. The head and back are ash-grey, slightly 

 tinged with greenish -yellow, shaded on the rump into green- 

 ish-yellow. The wings are chocolate brown, the elongated 

 inner secondaries blackish -brown and glossed. The smaller 

 coverts are broadly edged with grey, the larger more narrowly, 

 and the inner three secondaries have a broad external margin 

 of white ; a band of white commences on the fifth primary, 

 and passes inwards over the other quills near their base, but is 

 concealed by the coverts. The central six tail feathers are 

 brownish-black, edged with greenish-yellow ; the outermost 

 entirely white, but slightly tinged with yellow at the base ; the 

 next with the inner web white, the outer blackish-brown, ex- 

 cepting towards the tip, where it is white, and towards the 

 base, where it is paler and edged w^ith yellow ; the next 

 similar, but with a narrow longitudinal band of dusky close 

 to the inner margin. There is a whitish line over the eye ; 

 the cheeks and sides of the neck are grey, the throat greyish- 

 white ; the fore part of the neck below, and all the under 

 parts bright-yellow, tinged with red on the breast, purest on 

 the lower tail-coverts ; the sides tinged with grey. Tibial 

 feathers pale brown. The concealed parts of the plumage are 

 grey on the upper parts, blackish-grey on the lower. 



Length to end of tail 8^ inches ; extent of wings 10 j ; bill 

 along the ridge 5 5 twelfths, along the edge of lower mandible 

 ^^5 ; wing from flexure 8j ; tail 4i ; tarsus if ; first toe j^, 

 its claw 4 5 twelfths ; second toe 4| twelfths, its claw 2f 

 twelfths ; third toe 6i twelfths, its claw 2| twelfths ; fourth 

 toe 4^ twelfths, its claw 2j twelfths. 



Female. — The female is somewhat smaller, but differs little in 

 colour. The line over the eye is tinged with ochre yellow, as 

 is the throat. The tint of the under parts is as bright as in the 



