46 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds 



Family PLOCEID^. 



MTima tristissima. 



Munia tristissima Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 479 

 (immature) ; Salvad. 0. P. ii. p. 435 (1881) ; van Oort, 

 p. 107 (1909) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. xx. p. 520 (1913). 



Urolonclia tristissima Sharpe, Cat. xiii. p. 364 (1890). 



a, 6. S- Wakatimi, Mimika River, 28tli Feb. 1911. 

 [Nos. 1051, 1052, C. H. B. G.] 



The only example o£ this Weaver-Finch in the British 

 Museum was the type-specimen, a quite young bird, pro- 

 cured by Wallace probably near Sorong. It has the plumage 

 as described by Sharpe in the Catalogue : he has wrongly 

 listed the bird as an adult, but in the synonymy he has rightly 

 noted that it is immature. The sex of the type-specimen 

 was not determined by Wallace, but Count Salvadori states 

 that it is a female. These ad alt males form a valuable 

 addition to the National Collection. 



" Only once did I observe this little Weaver- Finch, when 

 a small party of five were found feeding on some small black 

 berries growing on a shrub at the back of our camp at 

 Wakatimi. Two of them were shot ; the others then took 

 flioht and were not seen again." — C. H. B. G. 



Family MOTACILLIDiE. 



Motacilla flava. 



Motacilla Jlava Linn.; Sharpe, Cat. x. p. 516, pi- vi. 

 figs. 3-5 (1885) [part.]. 



a, i. c? et cJ imm. Mouth of the Mimika River, 3rd & 

 8th Dec. 1910. [Nos. 37, 73, C. H. B. G.] 



c-f. ^ $ imm. Wakatimi, Mimika River, 21st Nov. 

 1910, 1st Jan. & 7lh March, 1911. [Nos. 1533, 1534, 

 G. C. S. ; 209 & 1117, C. H. B. G.'] 



The Eastern Asiatic race of the Yellow Wagtail has been 

 separated by Dr. Hartert [Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 289 (1905)] 

 as M. f. simillima. 



