78 MOTACI^LID,??. 



Motacilla leucopsis, Gould. 



(Plate IV. figs. 8 & 9.) 



Motacilla luzonieusis, Sioinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 65 ; 1863, p. 308. 

 MotaciUa leucopsis, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 482 (1885) ; Oates, 



Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 288 (1890) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. SiUr. 



Orient, p. 368 (1891); Hartert, Nuv. Zool. i. p. 672 (1894); La 



Touche, Ibis, 1899, p. 412 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 91 (1899) ; 



Sharpe, RandA. v. p. 139 (1906). 

 Motacilla alba leucopsis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 304 (1905). 



Eggs of the White-faced Wagtail resemble those of M. alba, both 

 types being represented ; that is to say, a finely marked grey-brown 

 type, and a more densely mottled olive-brown type. They measure 

 from -66 to '8 in length, and from -52 to -6 in breadth. 



1. East Siberia (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 

 5. Koko-Nor, Tibet (Taracr^ CoM.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Amov, China (R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, 15th C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 

 May (/. D. La Touche). 



2. Kuatun, 16th May (J. D. La T.). C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.] 



1. Eohkien, 10th May. 0. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.^ 



4. Fohkien, 13th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. fP.' 



5. Fohkien, 16th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. fP.' 

 5. Fohlden, 16th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P." 



3. Fohkien, 17th May. C. B. Rickett, Esq.. [P.; 



Motacilla hodgsoni, Blyth. 



Motacilla hodgsoni, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 486 (1885) ; Oates, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 291 (1890) ; id., ed. Ilume, Nests ^ 

 Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 202 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 91 

 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 199 (1902); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 139 (1906). 



Motacilla alba hodgsoni, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 307 (1905). 



The three eggs of Hodgson's Pied Wagtail in the Collection are 

 inseparable from eggs of the common type of M. alba. They 

 measure respectively : -8 by "6 (2) ; "77 by "62. 



2. Kashmir, 22nd May (C. R. Cock Hume Coll. & 



^ W. E. Brooks). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Kashmir, 23rd May {C. R. C. Sf Hume CoU. 

 W. E. B.). 



Motacilla vidua, Swndev. 



(Plate IV. fig. 10.) 



Motacilla vidua, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 488 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 91 (1899) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 268 (1900) : 

 Stark, Birds S. Afr. i. p. 255 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 139 

 (1906) ^ 



Three eggs of the African Pied Wagtail are perfectly similar io 



