Bird Observations 



less bluish and not quite so dark, still not 

 at all light, whole bird as dark as a junco, 

 tail chestnut underneath, and with same 

 color on the outer feathers (saw this 

 plainly). Bird lifted his tail nervously 

 quite often, and appeared shy, but came 

 fairly near. Slight trace of light eye ring. 

 Might have been a colaris, Alpine accen- 

 tor, which is a little larger than modularis. 

 Ruticilla tithys is this bird, some specimens 

 very black, some just like above. Paris- 

 Jardin des Plantes, verified bird notes. 

 Wagtails were all albas that I saw, and 

 though none had as little black on the 

 breast as the birds I saw they must have 

 been young ones, for no other motacillas 

 were like them. No young in collection 

 except two very young birds. 



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