680 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



Plate V. 



Fig. 1. Motacilla hodgsoid in full summer plumage, showing the 



black back. (Sanda, May 15 ; Anderson.) 

 Fig. 2. The same species in winter plumage. (Salweeu River, July 



23 ; Bingham.) 

 Fig. 3. M. personata in full summer plumage, with black throat and 



grey back. (AVernai, April 27 ; Severtzoff.) 

 Fig. 4. The same in winter plumage. (India; Gould Collection.) 

 Figs. 5, 6. Type specimens of J/, persica, showing the variation in 



the extent of white on the sides of the neck. 



Plate VI. 



Fig. 1. MotaciUa atmpestris. Adult male of Western race in breed- 

 ing-plumage. (Cookham, May 14.) 



Fig. 2. M. campestris. Eastern race in full plumage, before quitting 

 South-eastern Africa. (Tete, Zambesi ; Kirk.) 



Fig. 3. M.fiava. Adult male of the ordinary form, with dark ear- 

 coverts and white chin. (Algeria; Salvin.) 



Fig. 4. M.flava. Adult male, with white patch on ear-coverts 

 and the yellow extending over the chin. (Florence ; 

 Giglioli.) 



Fig. 5. M. flava. Pale race, with Wvhite patch on the cheeks 

 {B. fasciatus, Brehm) and light-grey head. (Southern 

 France.) 



Fig. 6. M. beema. Showing the white cheeks and ear-coverts and 

 pearly-grey head. (^Irkad Mountains ; Fmsch.) 



Plate VII. 

 Figs. 1-3. MotaciUa horealis. 



Fig. 1. An adult male from the Dovrefjeld (Gould), showing the 



blackish head, approaching M. feldeggi. 

 Fig. 2. Male from Lapland (June 6th), showing the yellow of the 



throat extending over the chin. 

 Fig. 3. A male from Saxony, showing the chin and cheeks white. 



