88 ^iotacillidj:. 



oval shape, ratlitr ixjiiited towards one end, and f;iirly glossy. 

 The ground-colour is brownish-white, densely speckled and mottled 

 all over with umber-brown, especially towards the larger end, 

 which, in one egg, is also marked with a long Idack hair-line. 

 They measure respectively '70 by -50 and "75 by -o'J. 



•2. Albasin, Anuu- River, 15th June. W. Eo.dclit^e Sauuders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Motacilla feldeggi, Michah. 



Motaeilla melanocephala, Thien. Forfjrflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 6, «, b 



(1845-54) ; Dresser, Birds Evr. iii. p. 273 (18^5) ; Bree, Birds Mir. 



2nd ed. iii. p. 93, pi. (1875) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 207 



(1902) [part.]. 

 Motacilla feldepgi, Sharjyp, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 527 (1885); Oates, 



Fmma Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 297 (1890) ; Isehrk. Kut. Eiersamml. 



p. 92 (1899) ; Sharjje, Hand-l. v. p. 143 (190G). 

 Motacilla flava melanocephala, Hartert, Tciy. Pal. Fatni. pt. iii. p. 295 



(1905). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Wagtail in the Collection resemble 

 those of il/. jlava a))d its allies. They measure from '(JO to "75 in 

 length, and from "52 to '55 in breadth. 



3. Missolongbi, Greece, 27th May Seebohm Coll. 



(JET. Seehuhm). 

 1. Missolongbi, June (W. H. Simp- Crowley Bequest. 

 son : Tristram Coll.). 



4. Smyrna, Asia Minor, June. W. Eadchfl'e Sauuders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Smyrua, 13th Juue (M.S.: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tru77i Coll.). « 



1. Erzerum, Armenia. Old Collection. 



6. Sbu-az, Persia, 3rd May. H. F. Witberby, Esq. [P.]. 



Motacilla melanogrisea {Homeyer). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 21.) 



Motacilla feldeggi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. x. p. 527 (1885) [part.] ; 



Nehrk. Kut. Eiersamml. p. 92 (1899). 

 Motacilla tiava melanogriseus, Hartert, Yog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 290 



(1905). 

 Motacilla melanogrisea, Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 143 (1906). 



Two eggs of Homeyer's Black-headed Wagtail are much like 

 those of M. flava and M. citreoki, being of a pointed oval form and 

 somewhat glossy, with the ground-colour yellowish-white, indis- 

 tinctly mottled all over with pale yellowish-brown. Both examples 

 are marked with an irregular black hair-line at the larger end. 

 They measure respectively -8 by "59 and -81 by -oS. 



2. Altai Mountains [Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



