164 MOTACILLA. 



chestnut; central tail feathers more or less brown on one or both webs ; 

 all the other tail feathers with a conspicuous subtertninal dark brown 

 band (which in the outer feathers runs some distance down the outer 

 web) and tipped^ the two pairs next the centre narrowly with rufescent, 

 and the other three successively more or more broadly with pure white. 

 Chin and throat sordid white, with an indication of a darker line at the 

 angle of the gape ; ear-coverts and the rest of the lower parts similar, 

 but tinged with a faint brownish shade usually. Wing lining and 

 axillaries with a very faint yellowish salmon tint; inner margins of inner 

 webs of quills, on the lower surface, with a decided bnffy salmon tinge. 



" Length. — Male, G'b incbes, expanse 9'75, tail from vent 2'62, wing 

 3-3, tarsus 0'97, bill at froat 0'77, bill at gape 0-87. 



" Length. — Female, 7'5 inches, expanse ] 0"62, tail 2"62,wing 3'5, tarsus 

 1'03, bill at front 008, bill from gape 0-93, mid-toe and claw 0-87, hind 

 toe and claw 0"56. 



"The first quill is about 0-75 lo"ng ; the third quill is longest; the 

 second and fourth which are nearly equal about 0'06 shorter, the fifth 

 about 0'25 shorter, tail somewhat rounded ; outer tail feathers about 

 0-35 shorter than those next the central pair, which latter are shorter 

 than those next them by about 0"15, the frontal feathers are prolonged 

 over the base of the bill, extending laterally quite to the nostrils. 

 Legs and feet dusky or livid fleshy ; irides dark brown ; bill dusky 

 brown ; lower mandible yellowish fleshy at the base." 



5a&.— Afghanistan, Beloochistan, Persia, Sind, Kutch, Jodhpore 

 and North Guzerat, visiting Sind in the course of its migration about 

 the middle of September. 



Sub-Family, ItlOTACILLIN^,— Wagtails and Pipits. 



Bill of moderate length, straight; keel rather curved at end; sides 

 compressed. Nostrils in a small groove; rictal bristles very minute 

 or absent. Wings long and pointed; tail long. Tarsi slender and long, 

 with transverse scales ; toes and claws long. 



Gen. Motacilla.— iw. 



Bill moderate ; nostrils oval, partially hidden by a membrane. Wings 

 long and pointed; 2nd and 3rd quills longest. Tail long, even or forked. 

 Hind toe long. 



Motacilla madraspatana, Brisson; Gould. B. ofAsia.-^]. ; Jerd.\\. 

 217, No. 589; Hume, Sir. F. i. 26; Murray, Str. F. ii. 113; id. Edbk, 

 ZooL, Sfc, Sind,-p. 165. — The Pied Wagtail. 



Head, lores, sides of the face, nape, ear-coverts, chin, throat, breast, 

 back, rump and upper tail-coverts black ; a broad white stripe from the 

 nostrils over the eye as a supercilium and extending to the nape; pri- 

 maries and their coverts, secondaries, tertiaries. and inner webs of great- 

 er coverts dark brown ; the primaries and their coverts narrowly, the 

 secondaries, tertiaries, median and greater coverts tipped, and broadly 

 margined on their outer webs with white, forming a conspicuous wing 

 patch ; the basal half of all the primaries and aecondaries white on the 



