218 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



590. Motacilla luzoniensis, Scopoli. 



Blyth, Cat. 770— lIoKSF., C:.t. 553— M. alboldes Hodgs.— 

 M. leucoiisis, Gould — Dhobin, li., i.e. washer-woinan. — Tanyzhen- 

 fleu, Lepch. 



The AYhite-fackd Wagtail. 



Desc7\ — Tn summer plumaLre, the occiput, nape, and upper parts 

 generally, deep black, also a large patch on the breast; a broad 

 frontal band, sides of head (inchiding the eye), and neck, large 

 wing-patch, the two outermost tail-feathers on each side, and the 

 lower parts, white. 



In winter plumage, the back, shoulder, and rump are ashy 

 grey, the occiput, nape, and lireast-band alone being black. The 

 female is a trifle smaller than the male, and the black perhups not 

 quite so deep. 



Bill and legs black; irides brown. Length nearly 8 inches; 

 extent 11^; wing 3f , tail of; bill at front | : tarsus |. 



This and the next Wagtail may be considered the representa- 

 tives of M. ulha, and if! Y/rrrfllioi liluro[)e. The present species is 

 found in Noi thern India chiefly, and most abundant to the Eastward, 

 extending to Assam, Burniah, China, and the Philippines. It is very 

 common in Bengal, and extends north and west to Nepal, and 

 piirt of Central Indi >, but is replaced in the >outh and west bv the 

 next species. Adams, indeed, gives it from Cashmere and {..'-idakli, 

 but he may not have correctly distingu shed it fiom the next 

 bird. 



It affects the vicinity of houses, huts, and gardens, and rims 

 about picking up various small insects. Its arri\-al in India, which 

 takes place about the end of September, is looked on as the first 

 intimation of the ensuing cold weather. ]\lost of the birds, in the 

 north of India, have assumed their summer plumage before qiiitiing 

 the coimtry. Swinhoe s'atos that a few pairs breed in China, but 

 that most of them go siill further north. 



591. Motacilla dukhunensis, Sykrs. 



Cat. 86— M. :dba, Jkrdon, Cat. l-iO— Blyth, Cat. 769— IIuitSF., 

 Cat. yo^—Uhobin, H. 



