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Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



show the great variety that exists in the plumage of these birds 

 on their first arrival in India. Dr. Jerdon says that most of the 

 bu'ds assume their summer plumage before leaving the country, 

 which Dr. Scott has observed tliat they do about Umballah about 

 the end of April*. 



592. Calobates sulphurea. Grey-and-Yellow Wagtail. 



Occasionally observed in the Maunbhoom district in 1864 

 and 1865, but far from common. At Barrackpore, in 1864 I 

 observed the first bird of the season on Sept. 29th, and 'at 

 Moulmem, in 1865, on Sept. 16th. The late Dr. Scott first 

 observed the species in 1862 at Hansi, on 7tli October; in 

 1863 at Umballah, on Sept. 3rdj and in 1866, on 21st Sept 

 upwards of fifty in a flock. ' 



593. BuDYTEs viRiDis. Indian Field-Wagtail. 



This bird is exceedingly abundant at Barrackpore in the 

 beginning of the cold weather. It associates with the herds of 

 cattle feeding on the parade-ground, and is uncommonly tame, 

 allowing a near approach. In Maunbhoom I observed the 

 species only early in the morning in January 1865, feeding on 

 open grass-land. At Moulmein, on 20th Sept. 1865 there 

 were several on the grass-plot in front of the Commissioner's 

 Court, associating with Alaudagulgula. At Umballah, Oct. 20th 

 1866, they were very abundant, and frequently in company with 

 Motacilla luzoniensis. On their first arrival in the country they 

 exhibit every variety of plumage. 



594. BuDYTEs ciTREOLA. Yellow-hcaded Wagtail 

 ^ Jpecimens first observed by me at Simla, early in September 



596. PiPASTEs AGiLis. Indian Tree-Pipit. 



This bird is exceedingly common in the cold weather about 

 Barrackpore, in bamboo-topes, and in Maunbhoom, amongst 

 mango-trees. They invariably feed on the ground underneath 

 the trees, into the lower boughs of which they fly up when dis- 

 turbed. I do not recollect ever having observed this species out 

 in the open. It has got the peculiar ^^ Wagtail" jerk of the 



, *7^^^^"^*^ °^ *^^ ^i^g: «f M- dtikhunensis is given by Dr Jerdon 

 (B. Ind. n. p. 219) as « 8|," which is snrely a misprint for 3|. 



