364 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 



196. MOTACILLA OCULARIS, Swinli. Ibis, 1863, pp. 94, 309; 

 P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 275, 1870, p. 130, fig. 346. 



Motacilla luyubris, Ibis, 1860, p. 55, 1861, pp. 35, 255, 333, 

 1862, p. 260 ; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 31 7. 



Distinguishable in all plumages by the dark streak through its 

 eye and its grey back. 



China, Hainan, and Formosa. Specimens have also been received 

 from Trans-Baikal. 



197. MOTACILLA JAPONICA, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 17, 274, 

 1870, p. 130. 



Motacilla luyens, Temm. (nee Illig.) ; Ibis, 1860, p. 357. 



Motacilla luaubris, Ibis, 1862, p. 260, 1863, p. 308. 



Motacilla alba, var. from Kamtschatka, Pall. Zoograph. 



Distinguishable from the last in winter by its larger size, its whiter 

 wing, and black-marked back. This is the species that announces 

 the return of spring to the Kamtschatkans (Kittlitz). M. lugubris, 

 Pall. & Temm. (Ivy ens, linger), is the M. vidua, Sundevall, of Africa 

 (see Tristram, ' Ibis,' 1866, p. 291). 



198. BUDYTES FLAVUS (L.) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 55, 1861, 

 pp. 36, 333, 411, 1862, p. 260; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 274. 



Budytes flavescens, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 350. 



China generally. Mr. Wallace has bright-plumaged birds from 

 the Moluccas which also agree with the European species ; and Mr. 

 Baird reports it from Alaska. 



199. BUDYTES TAIVANUS, Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 346, 1866, p. 138. 



Budytes raijil, Ibis, 1862, p. 260, 1863, p. 309. 

 Budytes melanotis, Ibis, 1864, p. 422. 



Amoy ; Formosa ; Hainan. I have a specimen also from Trans- 

 Baikal ; and Mr. Gould has one from Singapore. 



200. BUDYTES CINEREOCAPILLUS, Sav. ; Ibis, 1863, p. 94, 1870, 

 p. 346; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 317. 



Occurs singly or in pairs throughout China in spring. 



201. BUDYTES CITREOLUS (Pall.). 



Szechuen. I came across a party of this Wagtail on the Upper 

 Yangtsze in May. 



202. CALOBATES MELANOPE. 



Motacilla melanope, Pall. Itin. Hi. p. 696. n. 16 ; Zoogr. i. p. 500. 



Motacilla bistriyata, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. part 2, p. 312. 



Motacilla boarula, Ibis, 1860, p. 55, 1861, pp. 35, 333, 1862, 

 p. 260, 1863, p. 309, 1866, p. 138; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 317, 1863, 

 p. 274. 



Calobates boarulu, Ibis, 1870, p. 346. 

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