^gg MOTACILLIT)^. 



b\ Back ashy grey. 



c=. Wing-coverts edged with wlute, 



the bases black a/6a ad., p. 4b/. 



d\ Wing-coTerts white, forming a 

 conspicuous shoulder-patch, 

 c''. Sides of neck white, continuous 



with the white ear-coverts. . bmcalmsis ad., p. 4/u. 

 rf^ Sides of neck white, but very 

 indistinct, and separated by 

 black from the white ear- 

 coverts persica, p. 47 J. 



b'". With a black (adult) or dusky 

 (yotmr/) sti'eak through the eye 

 along' the top of the ear-coverts. 

 c*. Back clear grey at all seasons .... ocularis, p. 4a. 



dK Back black: %eris, p. 474. 



b". Ear-coverts black. 



c'". A broad frontal band of white. 



eS Back gi-ey personate, p. 4/9. 



/*. Back black. 



e*. Base of secondaries black ; pn- 



marv-coverts black, edged with _ 



ashy white .• hodgsmi, V- ^Q. 



f. Base of secondaries white; pri- 

 mary-coverts white with a 



Uttle black at the tip grandu, p. 4JJ. 



d'". Forehead black to the base of the 



bill, flanked on each side by a broad ., • „ aqo 



white evebrow rmderaspatensis, p. 490. 



b'. Throat white, with a black band across 



the fore neck. 



c". Back black, with the forehead also 



black to the end of the bill, with a 



broad white eyebrow on each side of 



thecrown ••.•••• vidua,^.^^^. 



d". Back grey, with the forehead white or 

 grey like the head. 

 e"'. Three outer tail-feathers with ob- 

 lique mark.s of black on inner web. 

 ^. No black or dusky streak through 

 the eye. . 



g\ Ear-coverts white or yellowish 

 white. 

 e«. Black mark ascending m a 

 crescentic shape fi-om the 



fore neck to the ear-coverts. _ , , ■ ^P* *"*"* 



«- Hinder crown and nape ] huiuhns ad. hiem., 



black •!«/&« ad. hiem., p. 467. 



[p. 4ol. 

 W. Hinder crown and nape i ;„^„jTOJuv.hiem., 

 gi-ey like the back ■■■■■■] alba iuv. hiem., p. 466. 

 f. Black mark on fore neck not ' 

 ascending towards the ear- 



coverts leucopsis mem., p. 4»4. 



hK Ear-coverts dusky or blackish. 



a'^ Wing - coverts tipped with ^ LP- *»'J- 



white; no yellow on abdo- Uemn«<a juv. hiem., 



men, which is white \ hodgsoni iuY. hiem., 



[_p. 4o/. 



