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whitish cross bands ; the tail darker than the wings, with the 

 two outermost feathers on each side nearly white ; beneath white, 

 sometimes with a yellowish tinge, and a few brown marks on the 

 breast ; a white supercilium always present. 



The Slaty-headed Field Wagtail is common in the Deccan 

 and in parts of Rajputana. Of course it only occurs in the cold 

 season. 



Budytes melanocephala, Licht. 



5936is. Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 490 ; Dec- 

 can, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 410 ; Murray's Vertebrate 

 Zoology of Sind, p. 168. 



THE BLACK-CAP FIELD WAGTAIL. 



Length, 6 ; to 6'5 ; wing, 31 to 3'25 ; tail, 275 ; bill at front, 

 0-43. 



Bill dark-brown ; irides brownish ; legs dark-brown. 



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 

 lesser wing-coverts yellowish-olive, subterminally dark-brown, 

 and tipped yellowish ; median and greater-coverts dark-brown, 

 tipped yellowish, forming two conspicuous 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. 



During the cold season the Black-capped Field Wagtail is 

 commonly distributed throughout the district. 



Budytes flava, Lin. 



593ter. Butler, Deccan; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 411 ; Mur- 

 ray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 168. 



THE GREY-HEADED FIELD WAGTAIL. 

 Length, 6 to 6'5 ; wing, 3*25 ; tail, 2'95 ; bill at front, 0'6. 

 Bill dark-brown ; irides dusky-brown ; legs dark-brown. 

 Forehead, crown, nape, and sides of the face, bluish-grey ; a 

 dark streak from the base of the bill through the eye, a white, 

 supercilium, and another short white stripe below from under 

 the eye ; below the bluish-grey of the face an albescent streak to 

 the chin, which is white ; throat, breast, and rest of under 

 surface bright-yellow ; neck behind, and back, yellowish-green, 

 tinged brownish ; greater and lesser wing-coverts dusky-brown, 

 margined with yellowish- white ; primaries, secondaries, and 

 tertiaries, dusky-brown, margined with yellowish- white ; tail 

 dark-brown, edged with greenish-yellow, the two outermost 

 feathers white, with a dark-brown margin on their inner webs, 



