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p. 235; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. 1878, p. 363; Brooks, Sir. F. 1878, ii. 

 p. 138; Murray, Handb]^. Zool., &c., Sind, p. 167; id., Vert. Zool. Sind, 

 p. 1 68 ; Vavison, Sir. F. 1881, p. 310 ; Reid, Sir. F. 1881, p. 48. The INDIAN 

 FIELD WAGTAIL. 



Adult male in breeding plumage. Head, nape, lores, sides of the face 

 and ear coverts black ; back, scapulars, rump and upper tail coverts yellowish 

 green, the latter lighter, and the feathers edged with yellowish ; chin white or 

 buffy white ; rest of under surface pure yellow ; primaries and secondaries 

 dull brown, lighter and whitish on the margins at the base of their inner webs; 

 tertiaries dark brown, edged on their outer webs with yellow ; lesser wing 

 coverts yellowish olive, subterminally dark brown, and tipped yellowish ; 

 median and greater coverts dark brown, tipped yellowish, forming two con- 

 spicuous wing bands ; tail black, margined with greenish, the two outermost 

 feathers on each side white, except a broad dark brown margin on their inner 

 webs ; bill and legs dark brown ; irides brownish. 



Length. 6-25 to 6'5 inches ; wing 3*1 to 3*25 ; tail 275 ; bill at front 0-43. 



The adult in winter garb is olive green above, with a yellowish white super- 

 cilium ; the chin and throat white, and the rest of the under surface yellow ; 

 the wing bands formed by the median and greater coverts are paler, the 

 yellow,, edgings of the tertiaries broader and purer yellow. The female is like 

 the male, but in some specimens (in December) there is a brown band across 

 the breast. 



Hab. S.-E. Europe, N.-E. Africa, and Moluccas \ Sind, Punjab, N.-W. 

 Provinces, Bengal, Southern and Central India, Deccan, Concan y Kutch, 

 Kattiawar, Jodhpore, Beloochistan and Afghanistan. With the last species it 

 is very abundant in the large marshes, and especially on the Munchur Lake in 

 Sind. 



Gen. Limonidromus. Gould. 



General form and characters of Motacilla, but with the plumage uniform ; 

 feet pale ; bill long and exceeding in length the outer toe and claw. Inter- 

 mediate between the Wagtails and Pipits both in structure and habits. 



794. Limonidromus indicus, Gould, B. Asia, iv. pi. 67; 



Holdsworih, P. Z. S. 1872 ; Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 239; Sahad., Ucc. Born, 

 y. 261 -, H time, Sir. F. 1874, p. 239; 1875, p, i^i; Blyth and Wald., B. 

 Burm. p. 16; Bourd., Sir. F. l876, p. 401 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. 1878, 

 p. 364; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 614; Eume, Sir. F. 1879, PP- 65, 103; 

 Vidal, Sir. F. 1880, p. 69; Bingham, t. c. p. 189; Oales, B. Brit. Burm. 

 i. p. 164; Davison, Sir. F. 1883, p. 397; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. x. 

 p. 532. Motacilla indica, Gm., Sysl. Nat. i. p. 962; Gray, Gen. B. i. 

 p. 203. Nemoricola indica, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi., p. 429 ; Bp., 

 Consp. i. p. 251; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 226, No. 595; Hume, Sir. F. 1873, 

 p. 450; Armstrong^ Sir. F. 1876, p. 329. The BLACK-BREASTED WAGTAIL. 



