496 MOTACIHID^. 



Young. Browner than tlie adult, and having the middle tail- 

 feathers somewhat mottled with white indentations near the base ; 

 the white markings on the wings abraded and much less distinct ; 

 the black collar on the fore neck much narrower and browner than 

 in the adult. 



Ilab. North-eastern Africa, only in Central Abyssinia and 8hoa ; 

 it ranges southwards into Natal, and has even occurred in British 

 Cati'raria. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Natal, Nov. Dr. Gueinzius [C.]. 



b. cJ ad. sk. Natal, Nov. (Gueinzius). Gould Collection. 



c,d. (J 2 ad. sk. Pinetowu, Natal, Feb. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(T. L. Ayres). 

 e. S imm. sk. Pinetown, Natal, Dec. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



{T. L. Ayres). 



14. Motacilla flaviventris. 



Salale anacondrato, Flacourt, Hist. Madag. p. 165 (1661). 



Motacilla flaviventris, Verr. Cat. Rivoli Coll. p. 9 (1846) ; Hartl. 

 J. f. O. 1860, p. 94 [ex Verr.) ; id. Faun. Madag. p. 39 (1861) ; 

 Roch Sf K Newt. Ihis, 1862, p. 273 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 163; 

 E. Newt. Ibis, 1863, p. 346 ; Pollen, Nedeii. Tijdsch. Dierk. 1863, 

 p. 305 ; Verr. in Vinson, Voy. Madag., Attn. B. p. 2 (1865) ; 

 Orandid. Rev. et 3Iag. de Zool. 1867, p. 385 ; Schl. $ Poll. Faune 

 Madag., Ois. p. 158 (1868) ; Gratj, Hand-l. B. i. p. 246, no. 3575 

 (1869) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 395 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 73 

 (1871) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 123 (1877) ; Milne-Ediuards i^ 

 Grandid. Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. p. 343, pis. cxxxiii., cxxxiv. 

 (1882) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 80 (1882). 



Adult. General colour above dark slaty grey, inclining to olive- 

 green on the lower back and rump ; upper tail-coverts black, slightly 

 washed with olive, the outer ones edged and tipped with yellowish 

 white ; lesser wing-coverts ashy grey ; median series black, edged 

 with ashy grey ; greater coverts black, with remains of yellowish 

 white at the ends ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, 

 edged narrowly with white along the outer web ; secondaries exter- 

 nally white at the base, forming a conspicuous wing-patch, and 

 fringed externally with white near the ends, the innermost browner 

 along the outer webs ; tail-feathers black, the two outer feathers 

 white, with a blackish margin to the inner web ; head like the 

 back ; a distinct white eyebrow running from the base of the nostrils 

 above the eye and ear-coverts ; upper and under margin of eyelid 

 white ; lores, feathers below the eye, and ear-coverts black, the 

 latter with a central patch of ashy white, the anterior and posterior 

 edge of eyelid black ; cheeks and throat white, separated from the 

 chest and sides of fore neck, which are also ashy white, by a distinct 

 crescentic band of black, which extends from the ear-coverts and 

 inclines to a point in the centre of the fore neck : remainder of 

 under surface bright yellow, including the under tail-coverts ; thighs 

 white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; lower primary- 

 coverts and under surface of quills blackish, with a large patch of 



