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(1) Tail 3- 5 or more, and with three white feathers 

 on each side ; hind claw about • 25 and shorter 

 than its toe. 



31. mdanope (Gray Wagtail). 



(2) Tail about three and with only two white 

 feathers on each side ; hind claw about • 45, and 

 longer than its toe. 



M.flava horealis (Gray-headed Wagtail). 



B^ — Central pair of tail feathers shorter than the adjoining 

 pair and of a different colour. 



(1) Wing coverts and breast broadly barred black . 

 and white. 



Dendrognathus indicus (Forest Wagtail). 



[I. — Upper plumage streaked ; the two outermost feathers on 

 each side of taU largely white. Pipits. 



(1) Length about 7*5 ; tail about 3-2 ; hind claw 

 about • 75 and not much curved. 



Anthus richardi richardi (Richard's Pipit). 



(2) Length about 7; tail about 2-9; hind claw 

 about ' 5, and considerably curved. 



A. richardi striolatus (Blyth's Pipit). 



(3) Length about 6'5 ; tail 2*4 : hind claw about 

 •5, and not greatly curved. 



A. richardi rufulus (Indian Pipit). 



MOTACILLA ALBA DUKHTJNENSIS. 



The White Wagtail. 



Motacilla alba (Gates, Vol. II.. p. 287 ; not in Legge). 



Description. Summev : Forehead, front of crown, sides of 

 head, and of neck clear white ; back of crown, nape, hind-.neck, 

 chin, throat, fore-neck, and breast deep black ; upper plumage 

 from the nape, with the lesser wing coverts gray ; upper taW 

 coverts black with white margins on the outer webs ; rest of 

 wing coverts and the inner quiUs blackish with broad white 

 margins ; rest of quills black with narrow white margins ; 

 two outermost pairs of tail feathers almost entirely white, the 

 rest black ; lower parts from breast w hite. 



