486 Mr. R. B. Sharpe 07i Birds from Fao. 



Breeds in the liuts and telegraph buildings in March and 

 Aprils and lays as many as six eggs.] 



51. MoTACiLLA ALBA^ L. ; Sharpc, t. c. p. 464; Blanf. 

 t. c. p. 232. 



No. 10. A young bird in winter plumage. 



[Begins to arrive in October and remains till end of April. 

 Occasionally, but very rarely, I observed a stray bird in the 

 early part of May 1884.] 



52. MoTACiLLA FLAVA, L. j Sharpe, t. c. p. 516, pi. vi. 

 figs. 3-5. 



Budytes flavus, Blanf. t. c. p. 233. 



No. 34. Two adult males. Three autumn-plumaged birds 

 marked 113, 34 a, 34 b. 



[To be seen from September to May. In September, 

 October, April, and May in large flocks. The rest of the 

 time small flocks occur here and there, but it is more often 

 in pairs. Not so common as M. alba,'] 



53. MoTACiLLA FELDEGGi, Michahelles; Sharpe^ /.c. p. 527, 

 ^1. viii. figs. 1-4. 



No. 55. A male in full "plumage. 



[Migratory, appearing and leaving same time as M.flava.'] 



54. Anthus TRiviALis (L.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 543 ; Blanf. 

 t. c. p. 235. 



[No. 65. Migratory. To be found probably in spring and 

 autumn. 



The one sent to the Museum was shot on the 12th of 

 April.] 



55. Passer flavicollis. 



Gymnorhis flavicollis (Frankl.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 256. 



[Arriving in April; breeding after the 15tli of May. By 

 July all nests contain young. Begins to leave again towards 

 end of August ; by end of September only a stray bird is to 

 be seen. Nests in holes in the date-trees, laying from five to 

 six eggs.] 



