502 Mr. W. E. Brooks's Ornitholo(/ical 



generally found it in company with Anthus rosaceus. I have 

 not, however, always foimd it at " jheels " frequented by this 

 latter species, Avhich is a far more abundant bird. Its call- 

 and alarm-notes are like those of Anthus pratensis. The fol- 

 lowing are dimensions of some examples I have by me : — 



No. Sex. 



I have seen other males in addition to the two noted above. 

 A glance at the above dimensions shows this Pipit to be 

 very different from those of the large A. spinoletta. 



MoTACiLLA ciTREOLOiDES, Hodgs. [anteu, p. 178). 



The black-backed yellow-headed Wagtail is apparently re- 

 ferred to. I have examined Hodgson^s original drawings; 

 and both illustrations of M. citreoloides represent M. citreola, 

 Pallas. Apparently Mr. Hodgson did not know the black- 

 backed bird in breeding-plumage ; but he discriminates it in 

 winter dress as M. calcaratus. This bird has, as a rule, a 

 stouter and longer tarsus than M. citreola, and also a longer 

 hind claw. It is by the long tarsus alone that I connect 

 Hodgson's M. calcaratus with the black-backed bird; for the 

 tarsus was drawn of maximum length, with which the figured 

 dimensions correspond. No M. citreola has a tarsus of such 

 a length. 



Hodgson's drawing of M. citreoloides hardly shows the 

 black collar which is characteristic of M. citreola ; but I have 

 seen several examples of the latter in which the collar had 

 not been acquired, being missed in the spring moult, although 



