410 A TENTATIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF 



589.— Motacilla maderaspatensis, Om. The Large 

 Pied Wagtail. 



Permanent resident. Tolerably common, as a rule, through- 

 out the region, frequenting river banks and swampy ground. 



591.— Motacilla personata, Gould. The Masked 

 Wagtail. 



Cold weather visitant. Not uncommon in Belgaum, 

 especially about the barracks and round the edges of the 

 tanks ; but I have no other record of its occurrence throughout 

 the region, except Jerdon's remark, " very common in the 

 Deccan." 



591 bis.— Motacilla dukhunensis, Sykes. The Indian 

 White-faced Wagtail. 



Cold weather visitant. Common throughout the region. 



592.-— Oalobates melanope, Fall. The Grey and 

 Yellow Wagtail. 



Cold weather visitant. Common throughout the region. I 

 observed it in Belgaum as late as the 10th May, but it had not 

 then assumed the summer plumage. 



593.— Budytes cinereocapillus, Savi. The Slaty- 

 headed Field Wagtail. 



Cold weather visitant. Common in suitable localities through- 

 out the region. Mr. Vidal records it from Ratnagiri, and 

 Messrs. Davidson and Wenden record it as a common winter 

 visitant in the Deccan, and I can testify to its being plentiful 

 about Belgaum. To what species Mr. Fairbank refers under 

 the head of B. viridis in his two lists I am not sure, but pro- 

 bably to this one. 



593 bis.— Budytes melanocephalus, Licht. The 

 Blackcap Field Wagtail. 



Cold weather visitant. Common as a rule, I believe, in 

 suitable localities throughout the region, though strange to say 

 it does not appear to be included in any of the local lists before 

 me, unless it is also included under the head of B. viridis in Mr. 

 Fairbank's paper. It is certainly common about Poona, Satara, 

 and Belgaum, assuming the black cap about March. It is 

 always to be found plentifully about night-soil pits. 



