FASCICULI MALATENSES 



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MQTACI LLIDAE 



18. Anthus rufulus, Vieill. 

 Anthus rufulus, Bonhote, p. 66. 

 Anthus rufulus malayensis, Eyton, Hartert, p. 575. 



$ , $ ad. Kampong Jalor. 29th October, 5th November. (Nos. 457, 469) 

 9 ad. Bayu, Jalor. 9th July. (No. 261) 



9 ad. Biserat, Jalor. 1 8th July. (No. 287) 



The specimens before us belong to the form of the Indian Pipit known 

 as A. malayensis, Eyton, having the outer web of the penultimate tail-feathers 

 black almost to the tip, edged externally with white. 



' Almost the most characteristic bird of open country and dry rice-fields. 

 No. 287 was snared on its nest which was situated among long grass at the 

 edge of a rice-field, and consisted of a flat circular pad some five inches in 

 diameter, composed of dead grass and loose maize leaves, lined with a 

 few horse-hairs, which must have been hard to come by as there were only 

 three ponies in the country. The eggs were four in number, rather pointed, 

 the ground colour dirty white, thickly covered with very fine dark sienna- 

 brown mottlings, evenly distributed, and also with large purplish-black blotches 

 more thickly congregated at the larger end. Malay name, Apit-apit? 



19. Motacilla borealis, (Sund.) 

 Motacilla borealis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x, p. 552 (1885). 



9 ad. Patani Town. 20th April. (No. 1) 



9 imm. Nawngchik. 27th November. (No. 481) 



$ , 9 ad. Ban Sai Kau. 1 6th September. (Nos. 389, 390) 



The Grey-headed Wagtail has the iris black, the bill black, paler at the 

 base, and the feet black, with the soles yellowish. 



' Common in open country from September to April.' 



20. Motacilla melanope, Pall. 

 Motacilla melanope, Sharpe, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 441. 

 Motacilla boarula melanope, Hartert, p. 575. 



9 ad. Jeram Kawan, South Perak. 1 6th February. (No. 677) 



S ad. et imm. Sungkei, South Perak. 7th February. (Nos. 617, 652) 



The Grey Wagtail has the iris dark brown, bill black, feet brownish- 

 flesh. 



