HIKD.S OF EGYPT. 



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also draw attention to the slight, but constant, diflPerence in 

 the measurements of my Egyptian specimens of B.flava and 

 B. cinereocapilla. 



Top of the head and nape grey, remainder of the upper 

 parts greenish yellow ; wings dark brown, most of the feathers 

 broadly edged with pale brownish yellow ; tail dark brown, 

 the two outer feathers on each side white ; underparts bright 

 yellow, shading off to white at the chin ; a distinct white eye- 

 brow ; bill and legs dark brown ; irides brown. 



Entire length 6'5 inches; culmen 0'5 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 3*2 ; tarsus 09. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 146. 



91. BuDTTES CINEREOCAPILLA (Savi). Grey-headed Yellow 



Wagtail. 



This is the most abundant form of Yellow Wagtail in Egypt, 

 where it appears to remain throughout the year. It is very 

 Pipit-like in its habits, and is more frequently met with in 

 pairs and flocks in the fields than by the water's edge. I 

 have before me six Egyptian specimens of this species, shot 

 between the 1st of March and .5th of May. They differ from 

 the two specimens from which I described the last species in 

 the entire absence of a white eyebrow, and in the rather 

 darker colour of the cheeks and ear-coverts. These six 

 specimens do not vary one tenth of an inch in any of the 

 following dimensions. 



Entii'e length 6 inches ; culmen 0"5 ; wing, carpus to tip, 

 2-9 ; tarsus ()-9. 



Eig. Bree, B. of Eur. p. 143. 



