Birds of the Jhelum District. 73 



Motacilla maderaspatensis. Tlie Large Pied Wagtail. 

 774. 1.7.1913. Chua Saidan Shah. 2. Wing 94 mm. 

 9G0. 19.12.1913. Parhi. S- Wing 99 mm. 

 Breeds in the Salt Range in July, and is probably resident, 

 though very seldom met with. 



Motacilla melanope. The Grey Wagtail. 



959. 19.12.1913. Parhi. <$ . Wing88ram. ; tail 95 mm. 



A winter visitor in small numbers, noted from September 

 until April. 



[Iris dark brown ; feet brown, claws and bill black, base o£ 

 lower mandible steel-colour. The distinction given by 

 Dr. Hartert (Vog. pal. Faun. p. 300), I find, does not hold 

 good in this specimen, viz. the i-elative distribution of the 

 brown colour on the shafts and inner webs of the three outer 

 tail-feathers, while in other Punjab specimens it is very 

 variable.— C. i?. T.'] 



Motacilla borealis. Grey- 



679. 18.4.1913. Jhclur 



716. 10.5.1913. 



717. 

 . 718. 



729. 22 5.1913. 



752. 6.6.1913. 



mQ. 17.9.1913! 



A very abundant spring passage-migrant, appearing in 

 March and leaving in May ; during the first half of May it 

 was, perhaps, the most numerous species in the flocks of 

 mixed Wagtails which were commonly to be found on the 

 grass-lands (as, for example, the golf-course) by the river. 

 A single bird (752) was observed in June. On the autumn 

 passage it would seem to be less common, and I only 

 definitely identified it in September, though it was doubtless 

 represented in the flocks of Yellow Wagtails which were 

 seen in August and October. 



The great flocks of Yellow Wagtails were a feature of 

 my year in Jhelum district, and the River Jhelum would 

 seem to be a well-marked migration-route, judging from 



