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whitish cross bands; the tail darker than the wings, with the 
two outermost feathers on each side nearly white; beneath white, 
sometimes with a yellowish tinge, and a few brown marks on the 
breast ; a white supercilium always present. 
The Slaty-headed Field Wagtail is common in the Deccan 
and in parts of Rajputana. Of course it only occurs in the cold 
season. 
Budytes melanocephala, Licht. 
593bis.—Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 490; Dec- 
can, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 410; Murray’s Vertebrate 
Zoology of Sind, p. 168. 
THE BLACK-CAP FIELD WAGTAIL. 
Length, 62 to 65; wing, 3:1 to 3:25; tail, 2°75; bill at front, 
0°43. 
Bill dark-brown ; irides brownish; legs dark-brown. 
Head, nape, lores, sides of the face and ear-coverts black ; back, 
scapulars, rump, and upper tail-coverts, yellowish-green, the latter 
lighter, and the feathers edged with yellowish; chin white or 
buffy-white; rest of under surface pure yellow; primaries and 
‘secondaries dull brown, lighter and whitish on the margins at 
the base of their inner webs; tertiaries dark-brown, edged on 
lesser wing-coverts yellowish-olive, subterminally dark-brown, 
and tipped yellowish; median and greater-coverts dark-brown, 
tipped yellowish, forming two conspicuous wing-bands ; tail black 
margined with greenish; the two outermost feathers on each 
side ‘white, except a broad dark-brown margin on their inner 
webs. | 
During the cold season the Black-capped Field Wagtail is 
commonly distributed throughout the district. 
Budytes flava, Zzn. 
593zer.—Butler, Deccan; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 411; Mur- 
ray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 168. 
THE GREY-HEADED FIELD WAGTAIL. 
Length, 6 to 65 ; wing, 3°25; tail, 2°95 ; bill at front, 0°6. 
Bill dark-brown ; irides dusky-brown ; legs dark-brown. 
Forehead, crown, nape, and sides of the face, bluish-grey; a 
dark streak from the base of the bill through the eye, a white, 
supercilium, and another short white stripe below from under 
the eye ; below the bluish-grey of the face an albescent streak to 
the chin, which is white; throat, breast, and rest of under 
surface bright-yellow; neck behind, and back, yellowish-green, 
tinged brownish; greater and lesser wing-coverts dusky-brown, 
margined with yellowish-white; primaries, secondaries, and 
tertiaries, dusky-brown, margined with yellowish-white; tail 
dark-brown, edged with greenish-yellow, the two outermost 
feathers white, with a dark-brown margin on their inner webs, 
