502 Mr. W. E. Brooks’s Ornithological 
generally found it in company with Anthus rosaceus. I have 
not, however, always found it at “jheels” frequented by this 
latter species, which is a far more abundant bird. Its call- 
and alarm-notes are like those of Anthus pratensis. The fol¬ 
lowing are dimensions of some examples I have by me :— 
No. 
Sex. 
Wing. 
Tail. 
Bill at front. 
Tarsus. 
1 . 
(5 
3*22 
2-6 
•45 
•88 
2. 
d 
3-4 
2-63 
•45 
•88 
3. 
$ 
315 
2-57 
•45 
•87 
4. 
$ 
3-33 
2-6 
•46 
•83 
5. 
$ 
3-25 
2-55 
•46 
•88 
6 . 
$ 
3*2 
2-65 
•45 
•88 
7. 
$ 
3-2 
2-55 
•43 
•87 
8. 
$ 
3-28 
2-5 
•45 
•85 
9. 
$ 
3-23 
2-65 
•45 
•86 
10. 
$ 
3-12 
2*45 
•43 
•87 
11. 
$ 
3-3 
2-52 
•45 
•88 
12. 
5 
3-1 
2-5 
•45 
•83 
13. 
$ 
3-27 
2-6 
•46 
•85 
I have seen other males in addition to the two noted above. 
A glance at the above dimensions shows this Pipit to he 
very different from those of the large A. spinoletta. 
Motacilla citreoloides, Hodgs. ( antea , p. 178). 
The black-backed yellow-headed Wagtail is apparently re¬ 
ferred to. I have examined Hodgson’s original drawings; 
and both illustrations of M. citreoloides represent M. citreola , 
Pallas. Apparently Mr. Hodgson did not know the black- 
hacked bird in breeding-plumage; hut he discriminates it in 
winter dress as M. calcaratus. This bird has, as a rule, a 
stouter and longer tarsus than M. citreola , and also a longer 
hind claw. It is by the long tarsus alone that I connect 
Hodgson’s M. calcaratus with the black-hacked bird; for the 
tarsus was drawn of maximum length, with which the figured 
dimensions correspond. NoM. citreola has a tarsus of such 
a length. 
Hodgson’s drawing of M. citreoloides hardly shows the 
black collar which is characteristic of M. citreola ; but I have 
seen several examples of the latter in which the collar had 
not been acquired, being missed in the spring moult, although 
