88 MOTACILLID 2. 
oval shape, rather pointed towards one end, and fairly glossy. 
The ground-colour is brownish-white, densely speckled and mottied 
all over with umber-brown, especially towards the larger end, 
which, in one egg, is also marked with a long black hair-line. 
They measure respectively *76 by °59 and *75 by 59. 
2. Albasin, Amur River, 15th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
BEST 
Motacilla feldeggi, Michah. 
Motacilla melanocephala, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 6, a, 6 
(1845-54) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 278 (1875); Bree, Birds Eur. 
2nd ed. ili. p. 93, pl. (1875) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 207 
(1902) [ part. ]. 
Motacilla feldeggi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 527 (1885); Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Burds, ii. p. 297 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eversammi. 
p. 92 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 148 (1906). 
Motacilla flava melanocephala, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iil. p. 295 
(1905). 
The eggs of the Black-headed Wagtail in the Collection resemble 
those of M/. flava and its allies. They measure from *69 to *75 in 
length, and from ‘52 to ‘55 in breadth. 
3. Missolonghi, Greece, 27th May Seebohm Coll. 
(1. Seebohm). 
1. Missolonghi, June (W. H. Simp- Crowley Bequest. 
son: Tristram Coll.). 
4, Smyrna, Asia Minor, June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pk 
1. Smyrna, 15th June (H. S.: Tris- ces Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
1. Erzerum, Armenia. Old Collection. 
5. Shiraz, Persia, 5rd May. H. F. Witherby, Esq. [P.]. 
Motacilla melanogrisea (Homeyer). 
(Plate IV. fig. 21.) 
Motacilla feldegei, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 527 (1885) [part.]; 
Nehrk, Kat, Lnersammi. p. 92 (1899). 
Motacilla flava melanogriseus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 296 
(1905). 
Motacilla melanogrisea, Sharpe, Hand-l, vy. p. 148 (1906). 
Two eggs of Homeyer’s Black-headed Wagtail are much like 
those of MW. flava and MM. citreola, being of a pointed oval form and 
somewhat glossy, with the ground-colour yellowish-white, indis- 
tinctly mottled all over with pale yellowish-brown. Both examples 
are marked with an irregular black hair-line at the larger end. 
They measure respectively °8 by ‘09 and ‘81 by ‘58. 
2. Altai Mountaims (Nehrkorn Coll.). | Crowley Bequest. 
