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3*8 ; tarsus, 0*9 j bill from gape, 0-7 and 0-75; bill at front, 

 05 ; closed wings short of tail, 3"05 to 2'2. 



The black gorget is narrow ; otherwise as in the males. 



Two young birds, September. — Length, 7 and 7*3 ; expanse, 

 10-5 and 10-7; wing, 3-3 and 3*45; tail, 3-2 and 3-6 ; 

 tarsus, 0*9 ; bill from gape, 0-69 and 0*7 ; bill at fronts 0*45 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 1'95 and 2*0. 



No black on head or nape ; black gorget very narrow ; other- 

 wise as in adults. 



The White-faced Wagtail is common in the valley of Nepal 

 in winter, and the whole way down from the valley to the 

 plains. It arrives in the valley in the beginning of September 

 and departs towards the end of April. 



It seems to be generally admitted that the title of luzoniensis 

 cannot stand for this species, and, on the other hand, Gould^s 

 name of leucopsi$ is certainly applicable to it. Mr. Hodgson's 

 name of alboides should not be used, I think, Because it seems 

 impossible to make out from his plates the exact species to which 

 he applied that term ; indeed, he probably did not distinguish 

 the four distinct species of Motacilla which occur in the 

 valley. 



Mr. Brooks (S. F., VII., p. 140) doubts whether leucopsis 

 would be found in the Nepal Valley in winter ; but there can 

 be no question as to the identification of my birds, and I sub- 

 mit that the fact of a species migrating '' far south, even to 

 the islands of the Indian seas/' is no proof that some of its mem- 

 bers do not winter in the Nepal Valley. 



591 5is,— Motacilla alba, Lin. 



Two males, November and February. — Length, 7 -35 and 7-Q ; 

 expanse, 10-9 and 11*1 ; wing, 3-5 and 3-6 ; tail, 3-75 and 3-8 ; 

 tarsus, 0-9 ; bill from gape, 0"66 ; bill at front, 0'45 and 0*46 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 2'25. 



In the specimen shot in November there is black gorget 

 only ; in the February bird the black spreads up the throat. 



Five females, November, February, March and May. — Length, 

 7"4 to 7*6 ; expanse, 10*3 to 11 ; wing, 3*3 to 3-55 ; tail, 3-7 to 

 3-8 ', tarsus, 0-8 to 0-9 ; bill from gape, 0-63 to 0-65 ; bill at 

 front, 0*4 to 0-45 ; closed wings short of tail, 2-25 to 2-45. 



In all these specimens there is a white band down the sides of 

 the neck. The bird obtained in November has a broadish black 

 gorget ; the February examples have the gorget crescent-shap- 

 ed; the two horns of the black crescent spreading up the sides 

 of the throat, but there is no black line below the eye, or so- 

 called moustache. The March bird has the black higher up on 

 the throat ; and the specimen shot on the 7th May has the 



