486 
Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds from Fao . 
Breeds in the hnts and telegraph buildings in March and 
April, and lays as many as six eggs.] 
51. Motacilla alba, L.; Sharpe, t. c. p. 464; Blanf. 
t. c. p. 232. 
No. 10. A young bird in winter plumage. 
[Begins to arrive in October and remains till end of April. 
Occasionally, hut very rarely, I observed a stray bird in the 
early part of May 1884.] 
52. Motacilla flava, L.; Sharpe, t. c. p. 516, pi. vi. 
figs. 3-5. 
Budytes flavus, Blanf. t. c. p. 233. 
No. 34. Two adult males. Three autumn-plumaged birds 
marked 113, 34 a, 34 b. 
[To be seen from September to May. In September, 
October, April, and May in large flocks. The rest of the 
time small flocks occur here and there, but it is more often 
in pairs. Not so common as M. alba .] 
53. Motacilla feldeggi, Michahelles ; Sharpe, t.c. p. 527, 
pi. viii. figs. 1-4. 
No. 55. A male in full plumage. 
[Migratory, appearing and leaving same time as M.flava.~\ 
54. Antiius trivialis (L.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 543; Blanf. 
t. c. p. 235. 
[No. 65. Migratory. To be found probably in spring and 
autumn. 
The one sent to the Museum was shot on the 12th of 
April.] 
55. Passer flavicollis. 
Gymnorhis flavicollis (Frankl.) ; Blanf. t.c. p. 256. 
[Arriving in April; breeding after the 15th of May. By 
July all nests contain young. Begins to leave again towards 
end of August; by end of September only a stray bird is to 
be seen. Nests in holes in the date-trees, laying from five to 
six eggs.] 
