480 MOTACILLID^. 



Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 140 ; Fimch, Verh. z.-b. Gesellsch. Wien, 

 xxLx. p. 172 (1879) ; Legye, B. Ceylon, p. 219 (1879) ; Hume, 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 103 ; Sculh/, t. c. p. 312 ; Wardlaio Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1880, p. 60 ; /Seebohm, t. c. p. 189 ; Reid, S. F. 1881, p. 48 ; Rid- 

 didp/i. Ibis, 1881, p. 68 ; Scully, t. c. p. 451 ; Sioinh. Ibis, 1862, 

 p. 109 ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 64 ; Homeyer i!j- Tancre, 3IT. orn. 

 Ver. Wim, 1883, p. 86. 



Motacilla madeiaspatana (pt.), Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. 

 Mas. p. 347 (lb54-o6). 



Motacilla dukhuueusis, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 218 (1863, nee Sykes). 



Motacilla cashmerieusis, Brooks, Pr. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, p. 289; 

 id. J. A. S. Beng. xli. p. 82 (1872) ; id. Str. F. 1874, p. 456. 



MotaciUa alba, Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1879, p. 448 (lapsii). 



Young in first ivinter jilumage. Entire upper surface of body 

 clear ashy grey, with a slight shade of olivaceous ; the lower back 

 clearer grey, becoming somewhat blackish on the rump ; upper tail- 

 coverts blackish, edged with ashy, the lateral ones with white ; 

 lesser wing-coverts like the back, the lower ones mottled with 

 blackish bases ; median series white, with dusky shaft-streaks ; 

 greater coverts white, with dusky-blackish bases ; bastard-wing, 

 IDiimary-coverts, and quUls blackish, edged with ashy white ; the 

 secondaries more broadly mai'gined with white, the long inner ones 

 much more widely edged and with a slight subterminal shade of 

 ashy brown ; tail-feathers black, the two centre ones with an ex- 

 ternal edging of white, the two outer ones white, with a broad 

 black edging to the inner web, the third feather also externally 

 white towards the end of the outer web ; lores and forehead yellowish 

 white, extending backwards over the eye and forming a streak above 

 the ear-coverts ; ear-coverts and a narrow line extending forwards 

 along the basal edge of the upper mandible black ; chin white ; 

 cheeks white, mottled with black bases, forming a broad moustache ; 

 a malar streak of black ; throat and fore neck black, but much 

 mottled with white bases, the lower feathers fringed with ashy 

 brown ; remainder of under surface of body pure white, slightly- 

 tinged with yellow on the breast ; sides of the body and flanks light 

 ashy ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white, mottled with black 

 bases near the edge of the wing ; quills dusky blackish below, con- 

 spicuously white along the inner web. Total length 7 inches, wing 

 3-45. {Mus. H. Scchohm.) 



Another young specimen in Mr. Seebohm's collection, obtained, like 

 the above, in August, has much less white on the wing-coverts, 

 the dusky bases showing quite as plainly as in M. alba. The entire 

 sides of the face are dusky ashy grey, the chin yellowish white, the 

 throat and fore neck black, mottled all over with white bases to the 

 feathers. 



A young female, shot at Krasnojarsk on the 8th of September, is 

 entirely grey above, but has less black on the throat. 



Adult male. General colour above clear ashy grey, becoming 

 blackish on the extreme lower rump ; the upper tail-coverts black, 

 the lateral ones externally white ; lesser wing-coverts ashy like the 

 back, the lower ones with dusky bases ; median and greater series 



