84 3IOTACILLTDJE. 



Clutch containing an egg of the Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus], 



3 Issik Kul, Turkestan, 5th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]- 



Motacilla citreoloides (Gould}. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 18.) 



Motacilla citreoloides, Sharpe, C<tt Birds B. M. x. p. 507 (1885) ; Gates, 

 Fauna Brit. 2nd.. Bird*, ii. p. 299 (1890) ; id., ed. Hume, Nests # 

 Eggs 2nd. Birds, ii. p. 208 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 92 

 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 204 (1902); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l v. p. 141 (1906). 



Motacilla citreola citreoloides, Hartert, Voq. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 298 

 (1905). 



Eggs of Hodgson's Yellow-headed Wagtail are indistinguishable 

 from those of M. citreola. 



4. Kuldja, Mongolia, 14th June. Growl ey Bequest. 



5. Kuldja, 25th June. Crowley Bequest. 

 2. Kuldja (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



Motaciila rayi, Bonap. 



Motacilla rayi, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 170, pi. xlii. fig. iii 



(1856); Sharpe, Hand-l.\. p. 141 (1906). 

 Motacilla raii, Dresser, Birds Eiir. iii. p. 277 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit. 



Birds, ii. p. 212, pi. 14 (1884) ; id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 262, pi. 58 A. 



fig. 3 (1896) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 208 (1902) [part.]. 

 Motacilla campestris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 510 (1885) [part.]. 

 Motacilla flava rayi, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 294 (1905). 



The eggs of the Yellow Wagtail are of much the same general 

 character as those of M. boarula, but are, as a rule, of a rather 

 darker colour. The eggs of the two species cannot, however, be 

 separated with certainty from each other. Specimens measure 

 from -69 to '82 in length, and from *51 to *6 in breadth. 



6. Inverurie. Aberdeenshire, 2nd Mav. W. Uadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[PA 

 5. Clitheroe, Lancashire ( W. Peterkm). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Cumberland (Hey sham}. Gould Coll. 



5. Preston, Yorks, 27th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



5. Shifnal, Shropshire, 20th June. ~tf. Kadcliffe Sounders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



6. Sparham, Norfolk, 24th May Seebohin Coll. 



(F. Nor gate). 



3. Sparham, 25th May (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Sparham, 4th June (F. N.\ Seebohm Coll. 



3. Sparham, 16th June (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Sparham (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Hickling Broad. Norfolk, 29th May Seebohm Coll. 



(F. N.). 



