Bird Observations 



less bluish and not quite so dark, still not 

 at all light, whole bird as dark as a junco, 

 tail chestnut underneath, and with same 

 color on the outer feathers (saw this 

 plainly) . Bird lifted his tail nervously 

 quite often, and appeared shy, but came 

 fairly near. Slight trace of light eye ring. 

 Might have been a colaris, Alpine accen- 

 tor, which is a little larger than modularis. 

 Ruticilla tithys is this bird, some specimens 

 very black, some just like above. Paris- 

 Jardin des Plantes, verified bird notes. 

 Wagtails were all albas that I saw, and 

 though none had as little black on the 

 breast as the birds I saw they mlust have 

 been young ones, for no other motacillas 

 were like them. No young in collection 

 except two very young birds. 





