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Figs. 4-6. MotaciUa cinereicapilla. 



Fig. 4. Adult male from Italy (Gould coll.), showing a faint white 

 streak above the ear-coverts. 



Fig. 5. Adult male from Tuscany (April 22 ; Giglioli), showing a 

 greater amount of white eyebrow, extending also above 

 the lores. 



Fig. 6. Adult male (Tuscany, April 22; Giglioli), showing a still 

 more . pronounced white eyebrow, approaching the white- 

 throated stage of M. fiava. 



Plate VIII. 



Motadlla feldeggi. 



Fig. 1. Adult male with the black extending over the whole back ; 



the yellow on the throat also occupying the chin. 



(Candahar ; Swinhoe.) 

 Fig. 2. Adult male with the' black more restricted, but mottling the 



hind neck ; the chin yeUow like the throat, with white 



on the cheeks. (Candahar; Swinhoe). 

 Fig. 3. Adult male with the chin white, and the crown only black. 



(Himalayas ; Gould coll.) 

 Fig. 4. Adult male with the chin yellow like the throat, and with 



the black restricted on the hind neck. (Smyrna ; Merlin.) 

 Fig. 5. Motadlla parado.ra (J/. l-ah'niczenMi in error on Plate), a 



form of M. f Ideggi with a white eyebrow. ? A hybrid 



between the latter and M.Jlava. (Karakal ; Finsch.) 

 Fig. (;■). Motadlla xantlioplirys. A form of M. feldeggi with a 



yeUow eyebrow. ? A hybrid between the latter and 



M. campestrix. (Mu.«. //. Seehohm.) 



Plate IX. 

 Heads of Species of GeotMgpis. 



Fig. 1. Head of G. trichas in winter, to show white eyelid ; from a 

 Guatemalan specimen. (Gould coll.) 



Fig. 2. Head of G. melanops, from a Mexican skin. (Sclater coll.) 



Fig. 3. Head of G.poliocepliala, from a Mexican specimen in winter 

 plumage (Verreaux). Shows the white eyelid, corre- 

 sponding to the similar plumage of G. tricJtas (fig. 1). 



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