1. MOTACILLA. 523 



Motacilla flava, var. nigricapilla, Sehjs- Long champs, Ncmm. 1856, 

 p. :3nO. 



Budytes atricapilliis (pt.), C. L. Brehm, Vogelf. p. 141 (185o). 



Motacilla ilava, var. borealis, Sundev. Svensk. Foql. pi. 9. fig. 6 

 (c. 1856). 



•^ Budytes rayi, Peh. Ibis, 1868, p. -312. 



Budytes ciiiereocapillus [nee Savi), Hume, Ibis, 1869, p. 357 ; H. 

 Siuinh. Ibis, 1870, pp. 83, 346 ; Wright, t. c. p. 491 ; E. Stoinh. 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 364 ; Brooks, J. A. S. Beng. xli. p. 82 (1872) ; 

 Alston ^ Harvie- Brown, Ibis, 1873, p. 61 ; Adam, Sir. F. 1873, 

 p. 384 ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 237, 1875, p. 489 ; id. ^- Oates, t. c. 

 p. 142 ; Fairb_. Str. F. 1876, p. 260 ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 

 ii. p. 151 (1876) ; I'rjev. in IJawson Bowleg's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 193 

 (1877) ; Baml 4- Oiist. Ois. Chine, p. 303 (1878) ; IIu77ie if- Davi- 

 son, Str. F. 1878, pp. 363, 518 ; Ball, Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 219 ; 



p. 68 ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 109 ; Davids. Str. F. 1882, p. 310 ; 



Dariso7i, Str. F. 1883, p. 396. 

 Motacilla (Budytes) borealis, Seveiiz. Turkest. Jecotn. p. 67 (1873). 

 Motacilla melanocephala {nee Licht.), Cordeau.v, Ibis, 1875, p. 181. 

 Budytes borealis, Ilomeyer, J.f. O. 1878, p. 129 ; id. S,- Tancre, MT. 



orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 86. 



Adult male in hreeding-plumage. General colour above dark olive- 

 yellow, a little brighter on the lower back and rump ; the upper tail- 

 coverts dusky brown, edged with olive-yellow, the lateral ones ex- 

 ternally yellowish white ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median 

 and greater coverts blackish, edged and tipped with pale olive- whitish, 

 the inner ones browner ; bastard-wing blackish ; primary-coverts 

 aud quills dusky brown, edged with ashy brown, the inner secondaries 

 more broadly margined with white, slightly tinged with yellow ; 

 tail-feathers blackish, edged with olive-yellow, the two outer ones 

 white, with a broad edging of blackish brown along the inner web ; 

 head and nape dark slaty blue ; lores, feathers all round the eye, and 

 ear-coverts black ; sides of neck slaty blue like the head ; cheeks 

 and chin white ; remainder of under surface bright yellow, the fore 

 neck mottled with greenish-black centres to the feathers, forming a 

 conspicuous patch; asillaries and under wing-coverts. yeUow, the 

 longer coverts pale ashy on the inner web, yellowish white on the 

 outer ones ; the coverts near the edge of the wing mottled with 

 du.sky bases ; quiUs light brown below, lighter on the inner web, 

 white near the base. Total length 6-7 inches, culmeu 0-5, wing 3*3, 

 tail 3, tarsus 0*85. 



Adult female in lireeding-pluma(ie. Differs from the male in being 

 much duller in colour, the head being dull ashy, washed with olive ; 

 a distinct superciliary line of dull white ; lores and ear-coverts dull 

 ashy brown, mixed with white on the lower portion of the latter ; 

 throat and fore neck pale yellowish white, brighter yellow on the 

 rest of the underparts ; the fore neck with the same blackish spots 

 as in the male. Total length 6'3 inches, culmen 0'55, wing 3, tail 

 2-8, tarsus 0-9. 



In breeding-phimage the black patch on the fore neck is not 



