MO TAG ILL A 199 



DhoUn, Hindu ; Ta.ngzlienfleu, Lepch. 



c ad. (E. Siberia). Differs from M. lugubris in having the wings as 

 white as in M. lugens ; forehead to the middle of the crown, sides of 

 head and neck and upper throat pure white, the lower throat and 

 upper breast deep black. Culmen O55, wing 3'55, tail 3'7, tarsus 

 0'87 inch. In the winter the upper parts are greyer, and the black 

 on the under parts is reduced to a crescentic patch on the upper 

 breast. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia, Himalayas, China, wintering in 

 Southern China, the plains of India from Assam to Central 

 Tenassarim, west to Mirzapur, also the Andaman Islands. 



It does not differ from its allies in general habits, and 

 probably its nest and eggs are similar, but I do not find any 

 description of them. It is said to breed in Southern Dauria, 

 Chinese Manchuria, and in China. 



296. HODGSON'S WAGTAIL. 

 MOTACILLA HODGSONI. 



Mofacilla hodgsoni, Gray, Blyth, Ibis. 1865, p. 49 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. x. p. 486, pi. v. figs. 1, 2 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, 

 ii. p. 291 ; M. alboides, Hodgs. As. Rev. xix. p. 191, 1836 



(partim). 



( ad. (Turkestan). Differs from M. lugubris in having more white 

 on the wing-coverts, and there is more black on the head, the white 

 being restricted to a frontal band, the region round the eye and a 

 patch behind the eye. In the changes of plumage it follows M. lugubris. 

 Bill and legs black ; iris brown. Culmen 0'62, wing 3'65, tail 3'70, 

 tarsus 0'94 inch. In the winter dress the adult has the chin white. 



Hcib. Turkestan, Kashmir, the Himalayas, east to western 

 China, wintering in the lower ranges of the Himalayas south to 

 Tenasserim, a few visiting the plains of India. 



In general habits it does not differ from its allies. It breeds 

 in Kashmir about May, placing its nest in holes under stones, 

 among shingle and pebbles, and on heaps of driftwood and 

 rubbish. The eggs, which are greyish white, speckled with 

 brown and grey, average in size about 0*78 by 0'62. 



297. LARGE PIED WAGTAIL. 

 MOTACILLA MADARASPATETSTSIS. 



Motacilla madaraspatensis, Gmel. Syst Nat. i. p. 961 (1788) ; Gould, 

 B. of Asia, iv. pi. 61 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. x. p. 490 ; Gates, 

 F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 291. 



