1. MOTACILLA. 493 



the new black feathers on the throat have broad white bases, so 

 that it would account for a good deal of the white which is so often 

 apparent in adult birds shot in winter. The white chin is constant. 



The black plumage, which (as is shown by the young moulting 

 specimen mentioned above) is very rich when first donned, appears 

 to get worn to an ashy black as winter progresses ; but in the 

 spring apparently a change of feathers to a blacker plumage takes 

 place. Summer-plumaged birds are, however, absent both in Mr. 

 Seebohm's collection and the British Museum, and the above account 

 of the changes from ashy black to rich black may bo incorrect ; but 

 it appears to mc to be the natural sequence. 



Hah. Japan and the opposite coasts of Eastern Siberia. 



a. Ad. sk. Yokohama, Japan. H. Pryer, Esq. [P.]. 



b. cj ad. sk. Nagasaki, Nov. 12. F. Einger, Esq. [P.]. 



c. cJ ad.; d. Ad. sk. Sapporo, Yezo, Sept, Capt. Blaldston fP.]. 

 e. cJ ad. ;/, Ad. sk. Sapporo, Yezo, Oct. Capt. Blakiston [P.]. 



12. Motacilla capensis. 



La Bergeronette du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 47fi, 

 pi. XXXV. fig. 3 (1760) ; Dauhent. PL Enl. vi. pi. 28. fig. 2. 



Motacilla capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. .333 (17G6, ex Briss.) ; 

 Licht. Verz. Boubl. p. 36 (1823) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 203 (1847) ; 

 B27. Consp. i. p. 251 (1850, pt.) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 13 

 (1850) ; Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 25 (1858) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 208, 1862, p. 156; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 118 (1867); Ayres, 

 Ibis, 1869, p. 292 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 246, no. 3573 (1869) ; 

 Finsch ^ Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 260 (1870j ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 

 p. 73 (1871) ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Bam. Ld. p. Ill (1872) ; 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 73 ; Socage, Orn. Angola, p. 290 (1877-81) ; 

 Sharpe in Gates's Matabele Land, App. p. 317 (1881) ; Holvb Sf 

 Von Pvlz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. p. 82 (1882) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 349 : Sah. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 80 (1882); Butler, Feilden, ^ Reid, 

 Zool. 1882, p. 337 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 547 (1884). 



La Petite Bergeronette du Cap de Bonne Esp(5rance, Buff. Hist, 

 Nat. Ois. V. p. 274 (1778). 



African Wagtail, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 402 (1783). 



Cape Wagtail, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 402 (1783). 



Moiacilla afra, Gtn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 962 (1788). 



La Lavandiere brune, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 80, pi. 177 (1805) ; 

 Sundev. Krit. Framst., Levaill. p. 44 (1857). 



Nestling. Perfectly brown all over the upper surface, the head 

 being uniform with the back ; eyebrow distinct, yellowish white ; 

 lores and ear-covcrts brown like the head ; wing-coverts dark brown, 

 with broad edgings of pale reddish brown, forming on the greater 

 coverts a distinct wing-bar, less pronounced on the median coverts ; 

 primary-coverts and quills dark brown, edged with pale olive-brown 

 or light rufescent brown on the inner secondaries ; the primaries 

 narrowly fringed with whitish round the ends, the outermost white 

 along the outer web ; upper tail-coverts dark brown, washed with 

 the same brown as the back ; under surface white, sullied with a 

 brownish shade on the throat and under tail-coverts ; on the breast 



