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Except the band across the breast, this bird is very like the com- 

 mon Himalayan Pipit, A. trivialis. Builds a nest like the Yellow 

 Bunting ; eggs similar. 



116. MOTACILLA MADERASPATANA, BrisS. 



Poonah, rare, and not seen elsewhere. 



11/. MOTACILLA DUKHUNENSIS, SykeS. 



Very common at Poonah and in Scinde, less so in the North- 

 west Provinces ; not seen at Peshawur. 



118. MOTACILLA LUZONIENSIS (Scopoli). 



Punjab (Peshawur), very common during the winter months. 

 Not seen in the Deccan or elsewhere. 



119. Motacilla boarula, Linnaeus. 



Only met with in Cashmere and its surrounding mountains ; com- 

 mon. 



120. Budytes citreola (Linnaeus). 

 Deccan, Scinde, Punjab, common. 



121*. Budytes viridis (Scopoli). 



India, Punjab, very common, often gregarious. 



122*. Budytes melanocephala, Sykes. 

 Very common in lower Scinde during the cold months ; not seen 

 in the Punjab or Himalayas. 



123. Malacocercus malcolmi (Sykes). 



Common at Poonah ; Scinde (banks of Indus) ; not Punjab or Hi- 

 malayas. 



124. Malacocercus caudatus (Dumeril). 

 Scinde and Punjab, common. 



125. ? Trochalopteron . 



Bush Thrush ? ? 



Length 3-| inches ; tail 5 inches. Bill black, curved, with two 

 bristles diverging backwards from the gape ; feathers of forehead 

 stiff ; upper parts brown ; lower parts dirty-white, more or less 

 tinged with brown ; wings short, rounded ; legs long ; feet large ; 

 tail worn at, the tips and much graduated. 



Habits. Frequents bushy places, and, like its genus, seen in small 



* " These are identical ; the birds acquiring blue-grey feathers on the head at 

 the vernal moult, which change afterwards to black. The name B. viridis must 

 be retained for the species." (Blyth, Cat. Mus. As. Soc. Calc. Appendix, p. 325.) 

 — T. J. M. 



