MOTACILLA CINEREICAPILLA. 287 



Elliot, Field Coluinb. Mus. I. No. 2, p. 40 (1897) Berbera. 

 Motacilla flava borealis, Stark, Faun. S. Afr. i. p. 263 (1900). 



Subspecies b. 



Motacilla cinereicapilla. 



Motacilla cinereicapilla, Savi ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. x. p. 526, pi. 7, figs. 



4—6 (1885); Dubois, Bull. Mus. Belg. 1886, p. 148 Tanganyika; 



Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 152 (1896) ; Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. i. 



No. 2, p. 40 (1897) Somali; Shelley, Ibis, 1899, p. 282 Zomba. 

 Motacilla flava var. cinereicapilla, Reichen. J. f. 0. 1875, p. 47 



Camaroons. 



Adult. Upper half of the head and the nape blue grey with a white 

 eyebrow ; chin and some of the upper throat white ; remainder like 

 M. campestris. 



Subspecies a. 



Adult. Differ from M. flava only in having no white on the upper half 

 of the head, which is generally darker. 



Subspecies b. 



Adult. Differs in plumage from M. flava and M. borealis in the greater 

 extent of white on the throat, which extends over more than the entire 

 upper half of the throat, and there is a trace of white on the sides of the 

 upper half of the head. 



M. flava, the Common Yellow AVagtail, ranges all over Africa 

 during the winter months; breeds in Europe, Siberia and 

 China, and migrates eastward into the Moluccas. 



M. borealis, the Dusky-headed Yellow Wagtail, likewise 

 migrates throughout Africa in winter and ranges over Europe 

 and Asia generally. 



M. chxereica-pilla, the White-throated Yellow Wagtail, is 

 known to breed in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean, 

 and to wander southward through Africa to at least as far 

 south as 15° S. lat. and northward into Belgium. 



With regard to these Yellow Wagtails, I, like Dr. E. B. 

 Sharpe in 1885 (Cat. B. M. x. p. 457), do not feel confident 



