«» lIOIACILMDiE. 



oval shape, rathtr pointed towards one end, and fairly glossy. 

 The ground-colour is brownish-white, densely speckled and mottled 

 all over with umber-brown, especially towards the larger end, 

 which, in one egg, is also marked with a long black hair-line. 

 They measure respectively -76 by -dd, and '75 by -Bd. 



% Albasin, Amur River, 16th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Motacilla feldeggi, MicJiah. 



MotaciUa melanocepbala, Thien. Fort.pjlanz. gea. Vog. tab. xxv. fig. 6, a, b 



(1845-54) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 273 (1875) ; Bree, Birds Eur. 



2nd ed. iii. p. 93, pi. (1875) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 207 



(1902) [part.]. 

 MotaciUa feldeggi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 527 (1885); Oates, 



Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 297 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 92 (1899) ,• Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 143 (1906). 

 Motacilla flava melanocepbala, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 295 



(1905). 



The eggs of the Black-headed Wagtail in the Collection resemble 

 those of M. flava and its allies. They measure from '69 to '75 in 

 length, and from -52 to '55 in breadth. 



3. Missolonghi, Greece, 27tb May Seebohm Coll. 



(jff. Seebohm). 

 1. Missolonghi, June (W. H. Simp- Crowley Bequest. 

 son : Tristram Coll.). 



4. Smyrna, Asia Minor, June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 1. Smyrna, 13th June {U.S.: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll). 



1. Erzerum, Armenia. Old Collection. 



5. Shuaz, Persia, 3rd May. H. E. Witherby, Esq. [P.]. 



MotaciUa melanogrisea (Homeyer). 

 (Plate IV. fig. 21.) 



Motacilla feldeggi, 'Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 527 (1885) [part.! ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 92 (1899). 

 Motacilla fiava melanogriseus, Sartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. iii. p. 296 



(1905). 

 Motacilla melanogrisea, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 143 (1906). 



Two eggs of Homeyer's Black-headed Wagtail are much like 

 those of M. flava and M. citreola, being of a pointed oval form and 

 somewhat glossy, with the ground-colour yellowish-white, indis- 

 tinctly mottled all over with pale yellowish-brown. Both examples 

 are marked with an irregular black hair-line at the larger end. 

 They measure respectively -8 by -59 and -81 by -58. 



2. Altai Mountame (Nehrkom Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



