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about on the ground, acting to a certain extent independently 
of one another. When disturbed they scatter and take refuge in 
the bushes, but when all is quiet, they drop one by one to the 
ground, and soon all re-assemble. They are of course commonly 
found wandering about singly or in small parties, and even 
then they feed much on the ground ; from what I have observed, 
I should say, far more than they do in trees and bushes. They 
are a familiar little bird, and are fond of frequenting gardens, 
when they hunt about among the flower or vegetable beds, de- 
stroying a great number of insects. Their note is a feeble ¢sip, 
tsip, uttered very frequently. 
The female is slightly smaller than the male, and perhaps in 
freshly moulted specimens a shade lighter coloured. 
The following are the dimensions of three males and a 
female recorded in the flesh :— 
Males,—Length, 4:7 to 4°8; expanse, 7:1 to 7:3; tail, 1:7 
to 18; wing, 2°0 to 2-4; tarsus, 0:7 to 0°71; bill from gape, 
0°5 to 0°51; weight, 0°2 oz. 
Female.—Length, 4°5; expanse, 6°6; wing, 2°0; tail, 1:8; 
tarsus, 0°71; bill from gape, 0°5. 
Upper mandible dark greenish brown; lower mandible yel- 
low; legs and feet yellowish fleshy, sometimes tinged brown. 
589.—Motacilla maderaspatensis, Gm. The River 
or Large Pied Wagtail. 
A few pairs of this Wagtail frequent the shores of the lake 
at Ootacamund. I have also seen it at Gundalupet in Mysore, 
and about the river at Manantoddy, and other streams in the 
Wynaad, but it is not an abundant bird. It is a permanent 
resident where it does occur, breeding in holes in banks, among 
stones and rocks, &c., but always I think in the vicinity of 
water. 
[591d¢s.—Motacilla dukhunensis, Sykes. The 
Indian White-faced Wagtail. 
Common below the foot of the Coonoor Ghat. Received also 
from §S. W. Mysore, and I doubt not common everywhere 
below 3,000 feet, if not higher, in suitable ground during the 
cold season.—A. O. H.] 
592.—Calobates melanope, Pall. The Grey and 
Yellow Wagtail. 
A cold weather visitant to the south, but very common dur- 
ing itsstay. It is found everywhere close to streams, in marshy 
places, in cultivated land, in gardens, &c. 
