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e' Tarsus considerably longer than 

 one inch ; 



g" Back always ashy gray : . . . 

 Budytes citreola. 



FOEEST WAGTAIL. 



DENDEONANTHUS INDICUS, (gM.). 



(Limonidromus indicus, (Gm.) ). 



Description. — Length six inches. 

 Bill, lower mandible dull white, upper 

 brown. Tarsus pale white. Iris black. 



A white eyebrow extending to the 

 nape; crown, nape, and back olive 

 brown ; yellowish white below, the 

 flanks tinted with olive ; the breast has 

 two black collars, the upper one com- 

 plete, the lower one broken in the 

 middle ; upper surface of the v,'ing3 

 dusky black, with three white trans- 

 verse bands ; upper tail coverts black ; 

 two middle tail feathers much shorter 

 than the others and of a diiferent color; 

 outer tail feathers mostly white. This 

 bird is regarded as a connecting link 

 between the Pipits and the Wagtails. 



Distribution. — India and all China, 

 passing the Yangtse Valley in migra- 

 tion. 



WHITE-FACED WAGTAIL. 



MOTACILLA LEUCOPSIS, GOULD. 



Description. — Length seven and one 

 half inches. Bill black. Tarsus brown- 

 ish black. Iris brown. 



The plumage is a mixture of black 

 gray and white, which varies according 

 to age, and season. The marks which 

 distinguish it from the other Pied 

 Wagtails are, the white face, having 

 neither black eyebrows nor mustache, 

 and the back black in summer. For 



