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tinned to the fore part of the back, the sides of the neck, and the fore 

 part of the breast, the white restricted to a broad frontal band, the region 

 round the eye, and a small patch behind the eye. Sexes alike. In the 

 winter the feathers on the crown are margined with grey, those on. the 

 throat with white, and the upper parts are duller grey. Culmen 0*65, 

 wing 3*75, tail 3*8, tarsus 1'05 inch. 



Hob. Siberia, Central Asia, west to Transcaspia, and east to 

 Calcutta, wintering in the lowlands of Transcaspia and in 

 India. 



In general habits it is said to assimilate closely with M. alia. 

 It breeds in Transcaspia and Afghanistan, and places its nest 

 near water under a large stone, in a hole, or amongst the roots 

 of a tree, and deposits in May or June 4 or 5 eggs, which are 

 dull white or greenish white marked with grey and brown, and 

 resembling those of M. alba. 



Motacilla pcrsica (Sharpe op. cit. x. p. 479, pi. v. figs. 5, 6) 

 appears to me to be a bad species, and is intermediate between 

 M. alba and M. personata, but closer to the latter than the 

 former, to which I have therefore referred it. 



301. STREAK-EYED WAGTAIL. 

 MOTACILLA OCULARIS. 



Motacilla ocularis, Swinhoe, Ibis. 1860, p. 55 ; Nelson. Cruise, S. S. 

 "Corwin" p. 62, pi. 2 ; Turner, Contrib. Nat. Hist. Alaska, p. 178, 

 pi. xi ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. x. p 471, pi. iv. figs. 5, 6 ; Gates, 

 F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 289. 



ad. (E. Siberia). Differs from M. alba in having a black streak 

 passing from the lores through the eye and over the ear-coverts. 



Hab. Kamchatka, Eastern Siberia, Mongolia, and China, 

 wintering in southern China, Assam, Manipur, and Nepal, and 

 straying to N.W. America. 



In general habits it does not differ from its allies. 



302. GREY WAGTAIL. 

 MOTACILLA MELANOPE. 



Motacilla melanope, Pall. Reis. Russ. Reichs. iii. p. 696 (1776) ; 

 Dresser, iii. p. 251, pi. 128 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. x. p. 497 ; 

 Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 293 ; Saunders, p. 125 ; M. 

 boarula, (nee. Scop.) Linn. Mantissa, p. 527 (1771) ; Hewitson, 

 i. p. 167, pi. xlii. fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of E. ii. pi. 147 ; M. 

 sulphurea, Bechst. Naturg. Deutschl. iii. p. 459 (1807) ; Newton, 

 i. p. 552 ; Naum. iii. p. 824, Taf. 87 ; Lilford, iii. p. 108, pi. 54. 



