1. MOTACILLA. 529 



Budytes paiadoxa, C. L. Brehm, Vogelf. p. 141 (1855). 

 Motacilla fiava, var. feldeggii, 8elys-Lo7igch. Naum. 1856, p. 390. 

 Motacilla viridis, pt., Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 222 (1863) ; Same, Str. F. 



1873, p. 202. 

 Budytes melanogn-iseus, Homeyer,!./. O. 1878, p. 128. 

 Budytes aralen.sis, Homei/er, t. c. p. 128. 

 Budytes melanoceryix, Von Homey er, Mitth. orti. Ver. Wien, 1883, 



p.' 86. 



Adult male. General colour above olive-gTeenish,* clearer and 

 brighter olive-yellow on the lower back and rump ; upper tail- 

 coverts blackish brown, washed with olive-j'cUow, the lateral ones 

 externally white ; lesser wing-coverts brown, edged with ashy olive ; 

 median and greater coverts blackish, margined with olive-yellow 

 and tipped with brighter yellow ; bastard-wing blackish ; pri- 

 mary-coverts and quills brown, edged with pale olive-yellowish, 

 broader and more yellowish white on the inner secondaries ; tail- 

 feathers brown, edged with olive, the two outer ones white with 

 a broad oblique mark of blackish brown on the inner web ; crown 

 of head and nape jet-black, including the lores, feathers below the 

 eye, ear-coverts, and sides of nape ; cheeks and entire under surface 

 of body from the base of the bill to the under tail-coverts brilliant 

 yellow ; axillaries bright yellow, with ashy bases ; under wing- 

 coverts white, washed with bright yellow and mottled with ashy 

 bases to the feathers near the edge of the wing ; quills dusky below, 

 whitish towards the base of the inner web. Total length 6"5 inches, 

 culmen 0-55, wing 3"25, tail 2-75, tarsus 0"9. 



Some males in fully adult plumage have the chin and cheeks 

 white. I think that these are only the younger birds of the previous 

 year, because the tint of the yellow is not so rich and the white on 

 the chin is mixed with yellow, so that it looks as if the whole would 

 ultimately become like the breast. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in being duUer above, with the 

 black head less marked and very pale below, being white washed with 

 bright yellow, instead of being entirely brilliant yellow. General 

 colour above dull olive-brown ; rump more ashy, and washed with 

 bright yellow, especially on the lower rump ; upper tail-coverts 

 blackish, shaded with grey aud edged with olive, the lateral ones 

 narrowly edged with white ; lesser wing-coverts ashy brown washed 

 with olive ; median and greater coverts blackish brown, edged 

 with whity brown and tipped with yellowish white ; bastard-wing 

 blackish brown ; primary-coverts and quills dark brown, edged with 

 lighter brown, the inner secondaries rather more broadly edged with 

 duU white, the innermost very broadly with pale olive ; tail as in 

 the male ; crown of head black, but not pure as in the male, and 

 mixed with ashy-brown feathers ; lores, sides of face, and ear- 

 coverts black, with a streak of white running from the base of the 

 bill above the lores ; cheeks, chin, and throat white, the latter 

 •washed with pale yellow, the breast and underparts being rather 

 clearer pale yellow, especially on the under tail-coverts; under 

 wing-covcrts and axiUaries white, washed with pale yellow, with 



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