80 MOTACILLID A. 
Motacilla capensis, Linn. 
(Plate IV. fig. 20.) 
Motacilla capensis, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 8 (1845-54) ; 
Gurney, Ibis, 1860, p. 208; Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 292; Sharpe, ed. 
Layard, Birds 8. Africa, p. 547 (1875-84) ; Butler, Feilden § Reid, 
Zool, 1882, p. 337; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 493 (1885) ; 
Nehrk, Kat. Eiersamml. p. 91 (1899) ; Haagner, Ibis, 1901, p. 15; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 140 (1906). 
Eges of the Cape Wagtail are of a pointed oval form and 
moderately glossy. They are cream-colour or greyish-white, 
freckled, especially at the broad end, with pale grey or light 
brown. On some eggs the markings are so faint that they are 
hardly noticeable. Specimens measure from ‘76 to ‘85 in length, 
and from ‘58 to °61 in breadth. 
4, South Africa. KE. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 
5. Transvaal, October (7. Ayres: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
2. 14-Streams, Vaal River, November. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. [C.]. 
2. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 
1, Ladysmith, 18th November. Capt. Savile G. Reid [P.}. 
53. Blue Krantz, Natal, Nov. Capt. Savile G. Reid | P.]. 
3. Pondoland. Crowley Bequest. 
3. Cape Colony. Gould Coll. 
2. Cape Colony (7. Atmore: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
1. Cape Colony (£. L. Layard: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
3. Deelfontein, 4th Noy. (£. Sev- Col. Sloggett [P.]. 
muna). 
3. Deelfontein, 8th Dec. (Z. S.). Col. Sloggett [P.], 
3. Kuruman, 17th Dec. Rh. B. Woosnam & R. E. Dent, 
Ksqrs. [C. ]. 
Motacilla clara, Sharpe. 
(Plate IV. fig. 13.) 
Motacilla longicauda, Riipp. (nec G'mel.), Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 
p- 495 (1885); Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 274 (1900); Stark, Birds 
S. Afr. i. p. 257 (1900). 
Motacilla clara, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 140 (1906). 
Two eggs of the Long-tailed Pied Wagtail are of a pointed oval 
form and slightly glossed. The ground-colour is white, densely 
freckled with greyish-brown and lavender-grey ; one example has a 
few black hair-lines at the larger end. They measure respectively 
-79 by °6 and ‘81 by °59. 
2. East Africa. Crowley Bequest. 
