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and Palestine. I can only say that it appears to me far more probable, 
that all are curruca, than that the Northern Indian bird is specifically 
separable from the European. 
'589. Motaciela Madeeaspatensis, Gm. Not common. 
Wing 3'G to 3 7 ; tail 3'9 ; tarsus 1 ; bill (Hi. These measurements 
are somewhat smaller than those given by Jerdon, but the coloration agrees 
perfectly. A male and female, which I shot on 24th October, had the chin 
and throat still black, with only very few white feathers intermixed. 
591. Motaciela Dekhekensis. Common. 
$ wing 3 6 ; tail 3'75 ; tarsus 0'95 ; bill at front 05. 
2 „ 3 3, „ 3 5 ; „ 0 9 ; „ „ 0 5. 
These arc the measurements of a pair which I shot together on 31st 
January at Edpur in the Wagur district. The female is slightly smaller 
than the male ; it has the ashy above and the black on the wings, on the 
tail and on the gorget, less pure, and the head above and nape are uniform 
with the upper plumage, i. e., grey. The white on the forehead is of less 
extent and less pure. Jerdon’s description of Luzoniensis is so general that 
it could equally apply to the present species, which has the white band at 
the side of neck continuous. 
593 his. Bedytes m e e ano c e ptt a la . 
There were few of these birds seen before the end of December. Of 
several which I obtained, none has a trace of a white or yellow supercilium. 
Specimens shot in January had the top of head partially brownish grey, 
some of the feathers, however, changing to black. Chin whitish in front 
and the breast with some dark spots. About the middle of February I 
saw a great number of these birds with the underparts very bright yellow, 
and the top of the head perfectly black. 
Wing 3-2, tail 2 75 to 2 9, tarsus 085 to 0’95 ; bill 045 to 05 inch. 
Mr. Brooks has kindly shewn me his series of Indian and European 
B. flava, cinereocapilla and melmocephala, and I can only say that 
the male adult birds of these species are very well marked and easily 
distinguished, whatever difficulty there may exist in discriminating young 
and female birds, or those not in full plumage. 
(Comp. Notes on B. fiaoa and its varieties, in Ibis, 1871, p. 138, and 
Brooks in J. A. S. B., XLI, Pt. II, 1872, p. 82). 
594 Us. Bedytes oaecaeates, Hodgs. Bare. 
A specimen shot on 2nd January near Bhiij agrees in colour with Jer- 
don’s account of B. citreola ; the back begins to change from grey to black 
which latter colour, according to Brooks, distinguishes calcaratus from 
citreola ; the former also has a slightly larger bill and tarsus. The measure- 
ments are : wing 3 25, tail 3, bill at front 0 55, tarsus 0 90, hind claw 0‘4 
inch. 
