1922.] Blnh of JItanr/ District. 285 



A few immature birds, apparently of this race, were seen in 

 December every year. 



Motacilla citreola citreola Pall. (11 skins.) 



The Yellow-headed AVaghiil is to be found about the 

 district jheels as a winter visitor in varying numbers from 

 November to March. Towards the end of the latter month 

 its numbers are greatly swollen by passage migrants, but 

 these soon pass on out of the district, and I have no record 

 later than 6 April, 1919. The return passage takes place 

 in the second half of August, but their numbers then are 

 apparently smaller than in the spring. Two AVagtails seen 

 at Nurpur jheel on 27 July, 1019, were almost certainly of 

 this species. 



Motacilla citreola calcarata (Hodgs.). (2 skins.) 



Two specimens only of Hodgson's Yellow-headed Wagtail 

 were procured : namely, a male at Massan on 29 March, 1919, 

 and a female in the same neighbourhood on 7 December of 

 the same vear. Others were doubtless overlooked anion o-st 

 the numbers of the typical race. 



Motacilla all)a alba L. (5 skins.) 



Motacilla alba personata Gould. (9 skins.) 



These two races of White Wagtail may be treated of 

 together, as they are to be met with almost invariably in 

 company, and appear to show no difference in habits, choice 

 of locidity, and time of arrival and departure. M. a. personata 

 is, however, most markedly the less abundant. They com- 

 mence to arrive about September (earliest ilate for M. alba 

 alba, 17 September, 1919, and 18 September, 1918 ; for 

 M. a. personata, 31 August, 1919, and 2.3 September, 1918), 

 but are most distinctly in a majority, while the great autumn 

 rush of the other species of Wagtail is at its height and does 

 not reach its full numbers until October and November ; thoy 

 then remain generally distributed, and are the commonest 

 Wagtails in the district until about the end of March. A 

 few are to be seen during April, and I noted a solitarv 



