WAGTAIL. 333 



17— DAUURIAN WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla melanopa, Ind. Orn. ii. 503. Pall. It. iii. 696. Cm. Lin. i. 997, 

 Dauurian Wagtail, Gen. Si/n. Sup. ii. 231. Shaw's Zool. x. 513. 



THIS is smaller than the Yellow Wagtail, but has the habit of 

 that bird, and the legs are smaller in proportion ; the plumage in 

 general bluish ash above, beneath yellow ; lore and throat black ; 

 over the eye a streak of white, beginning at the gape ; the three 

 outer tail feathers white, except the outer margins, which are black. 



Inhabits the interior borders of Dauuria. 



18— TCHUTSCHI WAGTAIL. 



Motacilla Tchutschensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 505. Gm. Lin. i. 962. 



Tchutschi Wagtail, Gen. Syn. iv. 403. Arct. Zool. ii. 397. H. Shaw's Zool. x. 548. 



CROWN of the head, and back deep olive-brown ; on the lore 

 a white spot; wing coverts and prime quills deep brown ; the first 

 crossed with two bars of white ; breast and belly white, dashed with 

 rust-colour ; vent pale yellow ; tail very long, the whole of the outer, 

 and half of the inner, web of the exterior feather white, the rest 

 dusky ; legs black. — Found off the Tchutschi Coast. 



19— CALCUTTA WAGTAIL. 



SIZE of our Grey Wagtail ; length seven inches and a half. Bill 

 black; plumage in general above fine blue slate-colour, beneath 

 pale yellow ; rump yellowish ; from the nostrils to the eye a slender 

 blue line ; sides round the eye otherwise white ; under the chin, on 

 the throat, a patch of black ; wings chocolate brown, edges of some 

 of the feathers pale ; tail even, near three inches long, all the feathers 

 tending to a sharp point at the end; colour ash, with pale margins; 

 some of the outer ones white on the outer webs; legs pale brown. 



