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30. Otocorys penicillata (Gould) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 210. 

 339 & 340. S ad.; 341. ? ad. May 21st, Berm Firuz 



(9300 ft.). 



My specimens are typical of this species. It may be 

 noted, however, that the black ear-coverts, although con- 

 tinued to the black throat-band, often form a somewhat 

 broken union, and thus indicate the close relationship between 

 this group of Horned Larks and that with the car-coverts 

 separated from the throat-band. 



I saw Horned Larks only on the rough treeless hill-sides 

 in the Berm Firuz, at an altitude of over 9000 ft. They 

 were fairly common in that district on May 21st, and the 

 males were "bowing and scraping" in pretty fashion to the 

 females. The breeding-organs of the birds shot were much 

 enlarged. 



31. Motacilla feldeggi Michah ; Sharpe, Ibis, 188G, 

 p. 486. 



Budytes melanocephalus (Licht.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 235. 



113, 114, 127, 281, 282, 351. Ad. 



In 281 ( <$ breeding bird) there is a clear indication of a 

 white eyebrow, but all the other specimens have entirely 

 black heads. M. paradoxa (C. L. Brehm) seems to me 

 nothing more than an individual variation. 



Black-headed Wagtails were numerous amongst the reeds 

 in the marshes at Dasht-i-arjan (6700 it.) and near Shiraz 

 (5200 ft.), but I saw only a few elsewhere. Some of the 

 birds appeared to be commencing to breed at Dasht-i-arjau 

 at the beginning of April, and a nest in the marsh near Shiraz 

 contained five eggs on May 3rd. 



32. Motacilla boakula Linn. 



Motacilla sulphurea Bechst. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 233. 



Motacilla melanope Pall.; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 106. 



31. $ ad. March 23rd, Bushirc. 



This specimen agrees with the long-tailed European form 

 of the Grey Wagtail, and not with the shorter-tailed Siberian 

 form — the true M. melanope of Pallas. Both forms seem to 

 be found in India and China in winter, but the short-tailed 

 bad is, so far as I can judge, never found in Europe. 



