91 



Thisbird very closely resembles Budytes Jlava of Europe, but 

 differs in the shade of tlie upper plumage, in the hind claw 

 being two-tenths of an inch longer, and in the base of the lower 

 mandible being whitish. This is a solitary bird in beds of rivers: 

 female not known. 



Genus Motacilla, Auct. 



85. Motacilla variegata, Stepli., vol. 13. p. 234. Pied JVagtaU, Latli., 



vol. 6. p. 320. pi. 114-. Mot.picata, Frankl. 



86. Motacilla Dukhunensis. Mot. dorso scapularibusgue pal- 



lescenti-griseis, caudce tedricibus ad apicem nigrescentibus ; 



capite supra, nuchii, gutture, pectore, rectricibusque mediis 



atris; frontis Jascid latd, corpore subtics, plumarum margi- 



nibus, alarum remigibus primariis exceptis, rectricibusque dua- 



biis lateralibus albis ; remigibus Juscis. 



Irides intensė rufo-brunneae. Statura Mot. albce. 



Sexes do not differ in size or plumage ; but young birds have the 



black less pronounced. This is the most common and abun- 



dant fVagtail in the Dukhun, freąuenting not only the beds of 



rivers, but the plains ; and Colonel Sykes has seen it in his 



own garden frequently. It very closely resembles the Mot. alba, 



of Europe, but differs in being of a light slate or cinereous 



instead of a blackish cinereous, and in the wing-coverts and 



secondaries being edged with broader white. It is alraost iden- 



tical with the Mot. alba of the Northern Expedition. 



Genus Megalurus, Horsf. 



87. Megalurus? ruficeps. Meg. olivaceo-brunneus, subtiis ai' 



bescens, pectore brunneo striato ; capite genisque brunnescenti- 

 rufis, strigd superciliari rufescente ; capitis dorsigue plumarum 

 rkachibus pallidioribus ; rostro pedibusęue luteis. 

 Longitudo corporis T-į- unc., caudcB 2^. 

 Wings short : tail equal, narrow, Female unknown. Black ants 

 only found in the stomach. This bird has the air of the Anthus 

 Richardi figured in the Planches coloriees, 101. Frequents the 

 plains only, likę a Lark. 



Genus Anthus, Bechst. Pipit. 



88. Anthus agilis. Anth. olivaceo-brunneus; subtiis riifescenti- 



albescens , fusco-brunneo striatus ; remigibus Jlavo-olivaceo mar- 



ginatis ; ungue postico subelongato, subcurvato. 



Irides fusco-sanguineae. Longitudo corporis 6^ unc, cau- 



dce 2 V. 



Found on open stony lands : female unknown. Closely resembles 



the Titlark of Europe. Its chief difference is in the hind toe. 



Genus Saxicola, Bechst. Wheatear. 



89. Saxicola rubicola, Temm. Stone Chat. 



Irides intense brown. These birds were met with only in low 

 scattered bushes. Caterpiilars, flies and ants found in the 

 stomach. 



