666 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Marinduque (Stccre Exp.} ; Masbate (Kourux A U'orrr.Wr/-) ; Mindanao (Murray, 

 Steere Exp., M earns) ; Mindoro (Schmacker. liotirnx it Ho/rr.s/</. \Vhitchead, 

 McGregor) ; Negros (Steere Exp., Bourns & \\'IH-<TNI< r. Kt\i)\ Palawan (Everett, 

 Steere Exp., Bourns rf Worcester, White); Panay (Stccre Exp., Bourns Wor- 

 cester); Polillo (McGregor); Romblon (Bourns it- Worcester); Samar (Rt< 

 Exp.) ; Sibay (McGregor & Worcester) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester) ; Siquijm- 

 (Celestino) ; Sulu (Bourns & Worcester) ; Tablas (Bourns & Worcester) ; Ta\vi 

 Tawi (Bourns d- Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde ( A/rf/Yo/or) . Kniojir 

 and Siberia; in winter to India, Burmese countries, Malay Peninsula and Indo 

 Malay islands. 



Male (Mindoro, May, 1905). Above ashy gray, with a slight oliva- 

 ceous wash on back; rump and tail-coverts bright greenish yellow; lores 

 black; line from nostril over lores, eye, and ear-coverts to nape white: 

 side of head ashy gray; a line from base of lower mandible along side 

 of throat white: chin and throat black, the feathers fringed \\itli white : 

 remainder of under parts canary-yellow, paler on sides and Hanks: 

 wing-feathers blackish brown : secondaries with a white spot on outer 

 web, partly concealed by the greater coverts: tcrtials blacker than pri- 

 maries and with inner webs largely white and outer weh> margined 

 with white or pale yellow; outermost pair of rectrices entirely pure 

 white, next two pairs white with part of the outer web black, remaining 

 rectrices black with a fringe of greenish yellow on outer webs. Length. 

 190; wing, 80; tail, 87; culmen from base, 13; tarsus, 20. 



In winter plumage the chin and throat are white, more or less spotted 

 with black; or else, the entire under parts are white mixed with yellow, 

 except the tail-coverts which seem to remain entirely white. The latter 

 plumage appears to be that of the young. The sexes arc similar in 

 colors, but the breeding plumage of the female is said to be paler than 

 that of the male with less black on the throat. 



"The gray wagtail is common and a source of constant irritation 

 when one is hunting the little forest kingfishers along small fresh-water 

 streams. M. melanope feeds among the pebbles and is always flying 

 up when least wanted, alarming the more valuable birds. Three males- 

 average: Length, 185; wing, 80: tail, 92; culmen, 17; tarsus, 20; middle 

 toe with claw, 15. Two females, length, 189 ; wing, 81 ; tail, 96 ; culmen. 

 17.5; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 17.5. Iris dark brown: legs, 

 feet, and nails dark brown to black; bill black, except base of lower 

 mandible which is gray." (Bourn* anil Worrrsfcr MS.) 



Genus BUDYTES Cuvier, 1817. 



This genus differs from MotaciUa in having the tail shorter than the 

 wing and the claw of hind toe much longer than the toe itself. The 

 under parts are yellow in summer plumage, white in winter, and rarely 

 without traces of vellow. 



