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MOTACILLID^. 



coverts white, mottled with black bases near the edge of the wing ; 

 quills dusky below, white near the base of the inner web : " bill 

 black ; legs and feet greyish to dusky ; claws black ; iris dark 

 brown " (Scully). Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-4, 

 tail 3-25, tarsus 1. 



Adult female in breeding-j^lumage. Differs from the adult male 

 in being browner above, or at least not so pure grey on the back, 

 and in not having the yellow head ; the latter is dull olive-greenish, 

 with the eyelid and a distinct eyebrow yellow ; lores ashy ; ear- 

 coverts dull yellow washed with olive-brown ; cheeks and under 

 surface of body pale yellow, brighter on the throat ; the sides of the 

 body and flanks conspiciiously ashy grey ; under tail-coverts white. 

 Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-15, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-95. 



The old female often has a slight wash of bright yellow on the 

 forehead. 



The adidt male in winter has the underparts and sides of the head 

 paler yellow than in summer, and the head, instead of being entirely 

 yellow, is so only on the forehead and along the sides of the crown, 

 the top of the head being dusky greenish, the feathers being tipped 

 with this colour ; ear-coverts and sides of head bright yellow, the 

 former with a black line along the lower margin ; sides of body and 

 flanks ashy, washed with olive-brown, with a good deal of black 

 appearing on the sides of the nock. 



Hah. From North-eastern Europe to the valley of the Yenesay, 

 and ranging throughout Turkestan and Central Asia, westwards to 

 the Caucasus and eastwards to the Himalayas, occurring in winter 

 in the plains of India. 



a, h. (S ad. sk. 



c. cJ ; ^- 2 fid. sk. 



e. S f-d. sk. 



/. Pull. sk. 



g. fS juv. biem. sk. 



/(. 2 ad. sk. 



i. J ad. sestiv. sk. 



h. S ad. sk. 



1, m, n.[S'];o,p. 

 [cJ] ad. et juv.sk, 



q, r, s. [ c? ] ad. sk. 

 t. c? juv. biem. sk. 



ad. sk. 

 y. 5 ad. sk. 



2. 5 ad. sk. 



Alexievki, Patch ora River, 



July. 

 Viski, Petchora River, 



June. 

 Petchora River (J. A. 



H. B.). 

 Jotloch, Oh River, Aug. 



18 {Dr. Finsch). 

 Jeslow, Ob River, Aug. 



18 {Dr. Finsch). 

 Marka Kul, Chiuese Altai, 



Juue 8 {Dr. Finsch). 

 Schtschutschja, July 21 



{Dr. Finsch). 

 Tashkend, Turkestan, 



March 1.3 {Severtzoff). 

 Kashgar (Bellew). 



Yarkand (Chajnmm). 

 Isfandak, Baluchistan, 



March 9. 

 Candahar, March. 



Candahar, April. 

 Candahar, May. 



Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Henrv Seebohm, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Major Feilden and J. A. 



Harvie-Brown,Esq.[P.]. 

 Geogr. Society Bremen. 



Geogr. Society Bremen. 



Geogr. Society Bremen. 



Geogr. Society Bremen. 



Gould Collection. 



India Museum. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 W: T. Blanford, Esq. [C]. 



Col. C. Swinhoe [P.]. 



Col. C. Swinhoe [P.]. 

 Col. C. Swinhoe [P.]. 



