666 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Marinduque (Steere Exp.) ; Masbate (Bourns & Worcester) ; Mindanao (Murray, 
Steere Exp., Mearns); Mindoro (Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, 
McGregor) ; Negros (Steere Exp., Boygns & Worcester, Keay) ; Palawan (Everett, 
Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Ae Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Wor- 
cester); Polillo (McGregor); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Steere 
Exp.) ; Sibay (McGregor € Worcester) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester) ; Siquijor 
(Celestino); Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi 
Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). Europe 
and Siberia; in winter to India, Burmese countries, Malay Peninsula and Indo- 
Malay islands. 
Male (Mindoro, May, 1905).—Above ashy gray, with a slight oliva- 
ceous wash on back; rump and tail-coverts bright greenish yellow; lores 
black; line from nostril over lores, eye, and ear-coverts to nape white ; 
side of head ashy gray; a line from base of lower mandible along side 
of throat white; chin and throat black, the feathers fringed with white ; 
remainder of under parts canary-yellow, paler on sides and flanks; 
wing-feathers blackish brown; secondaries with a white spot on outer 
web, partly concealed by the greater coverts; tertials blacker than pri- 
maries and with inner webs largely white and outer webs margined 
with white or pale yellow; outermost pair of rectrices entirely pure 
white, next two pairs white with part of the outer web black, remaining 
rectrices black with a fringe of greenish yellow on outer webs. Length, 
190; wing, 80; tail, 87; culmen from base, 13; tarsus, 20. 
In winter plumage the chin and throat are white, more or less spotted 
with black; or else, the entire under parts are white mixed with yellow. 
except the tail-coverts which seem to remain entirely white. The latter 
plumage appears to be that of the young. The sexes are similar in 
colors, but the breeding plumage of the female is said to be paler than 
that of the male with less black on the throat. 
“The gray wagtail is common and a source of constant irritation 
when one is hunting the little forest kingfishers along small fresh-water 
streams. M. melanope feeds among the pebbles and is always flying 
up when least wanted, alarming the more valuable birds. Three males 
average: Length, 185; wing, 80; tail, 92; culmen, 17; tarsus, 20; middle 
toe with claw, 15. Two females, length, 189; wing, 81; tail, 96; culmen, 
17.5; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 17.5. Iris dark brown; legs, 
feet, and nails dark brown to black; bill black, except base of lower 
mandible which is gray.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
Genus BUDYTES Cuvier, 1817. 
This genus differs from Motacilla in having the tail shorter than the 
wing and the claw of hind toe much longer than the toe itself. The 
under parts are yellow in summer plumage, white in winter, and rarely 
without traces of yellow. 
