472 MOTACILlIDiE. 



purer on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; on the fore neck a 

 patch of light brown ; under -wing-coverts and axillaries white, the 

 latter washed with brown ; quills dusky below, broadly white along 

 the inner web. (Miis. H. Seebohm.) 



Obs. The young bird described has unfortunately no date of 

 capture affixed to it ; but it is just beginning to put on its first winter 

 plumage, some ashy-grey feathers appearing in a patch on the back. 

 Two females obtained in January at Shanghai are apparently in 

 their first winter plumage, and are similar to specimens procured 

 iu Burmah during the cold season, excepting that the latter, shot 

 rather eaiiier in the year, have the face suffused with yellow. Young 

 individuals always show the streak through the eye which is charac- 

 teristic of the species. 



Toung in first tvhiter pliimaffe. General colour above dark ashy 

 grey, clearer grey on the lower back and rump ; the upper tail-coverts 

 black, broadly edged with grey, the lateral ones externally wliite ; 

 least wing-coverts like the back ; lesser and median coverts white, 

 with dusky blackish bases ; bastard-wiug black ; primarj--coverts 

 and quills blackish, edged with hoary grey, the secondaries with 

 white, the innermost subterminally brown ; tail-feathers black, the 

 centre ones edged with -white, the two outer ones blackish at base 

 and having a broad edging to the inner web ; head like the 

 back, with a broad white eyebrow skirting the sides of the crown, 

 above which is a slight trace of a dusky blackish line ; the forehead 

 hoary whitish, but not very distinct from the crown ; cheeks, sides 

 of face, and ear-coverts white, with a line of dusky blackish through 

 the eye, running through the lores and along the upper edge of the 

 ear-coverts ; throat white, the lower part with black fringes to the 

 feathers where they adjoin the black gorget ; remainder of under 

 surface of body dull white, ashy on the breast and sides of the body; 

 thighs ashy ; under taU-coverts white ; axUlaries ashy like the 

 breast ; wing-coverts white ; quills dusky below, white along the 

 edge of the inner web ; bill and feet black ; iris black. Total length 

 6-S inches, culmen 0-5, wing 3-5, tail 3-5, tarsus 0-85. {2Iiis. H. See. 

 bohm.) 



Adult male hi hreeding-plumage (Amoor Land, May 13th). General 

 colour above clear pearly grey from the mantle to the upper tail- 

 coverts, the lower rump slightly blackish ; upper taU-coverts black, 

 washed with ashy on their outer webs, the lateral feathers externally 

 white ; lesser wing-coverts like the back : median coverts pure white, 

 with concealed black bases ; greater series white, with more distinct 

 blackish bases ; bastard-wing black, edged with white ; primary- 

 coverts and quiUs blackish, edged with ashy, inclining to whitish 

 near the ends of the feathers, the long secondaries broadly edged 

 with white, with a submarginal shade of brown ; tail-feathers black, 

 the two centre ones edged" with white, the two outer white, black 

 near the base and along the edge of the inner web ; crown of 

 head, nape, and hind neck black, extending to the upper mantle ; a 

 broad frontal band and a broad eyebrow along the sides of the crown 

 pure white ; lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of neck pure white ; 



