544 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
margins near the base; the outermost feather edged with fulvous 
along the outer web and tipped with dull white on the inner web, 
the penultimate feather with a dull whitish tip; a narrow eyebrow 
running from the base of the nostril, and a ring of feathers round 
the eye, dull white; ear-coverts rufous brown, streaked with whity- 
brown, the upper edge of the ear-coverts dark brown, forming with 
the dusky brown feathers in front of the eye a second streak running 
through the eye below the white eyebrow; cheeks and throat dull 
white; rest of under surface fulvous brown with fawn buff bases to 
the feathers, the chest and sides of body with narrow rufous-brown 
shaft-streaks ; edge of wing and axillaries deep olive yellow ; rest of 
the under wing-coverts dull brown washed with olive-buff on their 
edges, the outermost of the greater series and the quills below ashy 
brown, the latter pale rufous-buff along the inner webs. ‘Uotal 
length, 6-8 inches; culmen, 0°7; wing, 3°45; tail,2°6; tarsus, 1:05; 
hind toe, 0°5; its claw, 0°45. 
531. Moracrita tonaicaupa, Riipp. Long-tailed Pied Wagtail, 
This very elegant Wagtail is rare within the bounds of the colony. 
A single specimen was procured near Grahamstown by Mr. Glanville 
on the 28th of May, 1868, and Mr. Rickard obtained another at the 
Buffalo River on the 3rd of January, 1871. We have also seen a 
skin preserved by Mr. F. A. Barratt, who shot it near Kingwilliams- 
town: this specimen is now in the collection of Mr. Francis 
Nicholson. Mr. Ayres has met with it in Natal, whence also some 
few skins have been forwarded by his son to Captain Shelley. 
The following notes on this species in Natal are given by Mr. 
Ayres :—“ These Wagtails are particularly graceful in their move- 
ments. They frequent rocky streams, and go so close to the rushing 
water that one expects to see them washed away every instant. 
They appear to glide rather than walk or run over the stones in 
search of insects, and are not at all afraid of wetting their feet. 
Soft small dragon-flies are favourite food with them. They are 
generally seen in pairs, and warble very prettily though not loudly.” 
We must mention that Professor Barboza du Bocage records a 
Wagtail obtained at Biballa, which he says agrees in colour with the 
present species but is rather smaller. 
Adult male.—General colour above clear blue-grey ; lesser wing- 
coverts blackish edged with a little darker grey than the back; 
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