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and Palestine. I can only say that it appears to me far more probable, 

 that all are curruca, than that the Northern Indian bird is specifically 

 separable from the European, 



589. Motacilla Maderaspatensis, Gm. Not common. 

 Wing 3 - 6 to 3 - 7 ; tail 3 - 9 ; tarsus 1 ; bill 06. These measurements 

 are somewhat smaller than those given by Jerdon, but the coloration agrees 

 perfectly. A male and female, which I shot on 24th October, had the chin 

 arid throat still black, with only very few white feathers intermixed. 

 591. Motacilla Dtjehtjnensis. Common. 

 $ wing 36 ; tail 375 ; tarsus 095 ; bill at front 05. 

 2 5) 3'3 , „ 3*o ; „ 0"9 ; „ „ 05. 



These are the measurements of a pair which I shot together on 31st 

 January at Bapur in the Wagur district. The female is slightly smaller 

 than the male ; it has the ashy above and the black on the wings, on the 

 tail and on the gorget, less pure, and the head above and nape are uniform 

 with the upper plumage, i. e., grey. The white on the forehead is of less 

 extent and less pure. Jerdon's description of Ltizoniensis is so general that 

 it could equally apply to the present species, which has the white band at 

 the side of neck continuous. 



593bis. Budytes melanocephala. 



There were few of these birds seen before the end of December. Of 

 several which I obtained, none has a trace of a white or yellow supercilium. 

 Specimens shot in January had the top of head partially brownish grey, 

 some of the feathers, however, changing to black. Chin whitish in front 

 and the breast with some dark spots. About the middle of February I 

 saw a great number of these birds with the underparts very bright yellow 

 and the top of the head perfectly black. 



Wing 3-2, tail 275 to 2"9, tarsus 0-85 to 0-95 ; bill 045 to 0-5 inch. 

 Mr. Brooks has kindly shewn me his series of Indian and European 

 B. flava, cinereocajpilla and melanocephala, and I can only say that 

 the male adult birds of these species are very well marked and easilv 

 distinguished, whatever difficulty there may exist in discriminatino- youno- 

 and female birds, or those not in full plumage. 



(Comp. Notes on B. flava and its varieties, in Ibis, 1871, p. 138 and 

 Brooks in J. A. S. B., XLI, Pt. II, 1872, p. 82). 

 594<his. Budytes calcaratus, Hodgs. Bare. 



A specimen shot on 2nd January near Bhuj agrees in colour with Jer- 

 don's account of B. citreola ; the back begins to change from grey to black 

 which latter colour, according to Brooks, distinguishes calcaratus from 

 citreola ; the former also has a slightly larger bill and tarsus. The measure- 

 ments are : whig 325, tail 3, bill at front 0-55, tarsus 096, hind claw 0-4 

 inch. 



