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black gorget on the throat, and a 

 black eye line, but this bird always 

 has black shoulders, while the Streak- 

 eyed Wagtail always has gray 

 shoulders, in all phases of plumage. 



For changes of plumage we give the 

 British Museum Catalogue Key to the 

 Plumage of Motacilla lugens ; 



a. Outer secondaries entirely white, 

 primaries white with black ends : 

 a' Black back and crown ; 

 a" Back black mixed gray; . . 



Adult male summer, 

 h" Back black : . . 



Adult female summer. 

 b' Back gray, head black ; . . 

 Adult both sexes winter, 

 h' Quills brown edged white ; 

 c' Back black ; . . 



Male first summer. 



d' Back gray or mixed black ; . . 



Female first summer. 



e' Back gray or tinged olive, h^{ 



sometimes blackish, throat cresc^fc 



black ; . . 



Young first winter. 

 e" Back gray washed olive, no black 

 on head, crescent dusky ; 



Young first plumage. 

 Distribution. — China and Japan. 

 Winter visitant in Yangtse Valley. 



EASTERN GRAY WAGTAIL. 



MOTACILLA MELANOPE, PALL. 

 (M, boarula, L.) 



Description. — Length seven inches. 

 Bill black; Tarsus flesh color; Iris 

 brown. 



In winter plumage, top of the 

 head and back gray ; rump and upper 

 tail coverts greenish yellow ; a white 

 eyebrow, gray just below the eye; 



