. Birds. Birds. 294 MOTAOTLLID^. greater part of Central and Northern Asia, and it is found in Europe. Habits, 6[e. Breeds in Kashmir above 6000 feet, and in Afghanistan in May and June, making a nest of moss and fibres under large stones, or sometimes in a bush. The eggs, usually five in number, are yellowish or brownish white, closely marked with yellowish brown, and measure about '7 by -Si. 833. Motacilla borealis *. The Orey-headed Wagtail. Motacilla flava borealis, Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet-Acad. Forh. Stockh. 1840, p. 63. Budytes viridia (Gmd.), apud Blyth, Cat. p. 138; Horif. ^ M. Cat. i, p.
. Birds. Birds. 294 MOTAOTLLID^. greater part of Central and Northern Asia, and it is found in Europe. Habits, 6[e. Breeds in Kashmir above 6000 feet, and in Afghanistan in May and June, making a nest of moss and fibres under large stones, or sometimes in a bush. The eggs, usually five in number, are yellowish or brownish white, closely marked with yellowish brown, and measure about '7 by -Si. 833. Motacilla borealis *. The Orey-headed Wagtail. Motacilla flava borealis, Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet-Acad. Forh. Stockh. 1840, p. 63. Budytes viridia (Gmd.), apud Blyth, Cat. p. 138; Horif. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 350; Jerd. S. I. ii, p. 222; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 608; Leffge, Birds Ceyl. p. 617 jOates, B. B. i, p. 161. Budytes cinereocapiUa {Sam), apud Hvme, Cat. no. 593; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 248; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 238. Motacilla borealis, Sundev. Sharjje, Cat. B. M. x, p. 622, pi. vii, flgs. 1-3. The Indian Field-Wagtail, Jerd.; Pilkya, Fig. 81.—Foot of M. borealis. Coloration. Male. In normal winter plumage, on first arrival in India, the forehead, crown, nape, and hind neck are bluish grey, a few of the feathers with greenish tips; the back, scapulars, and rump duU olive-green; upper taU-coverts dark brown edged with olive-green; the four middle pairs of tail-feathers black, narrowly edged with olivaceous; the two outer pairs almost wholly white ; coverts and quills dark brown or black, margined \^•ith pale fulvous, sometimes with a greenish tinge; lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts dark slaty black, the ear-coverts paling to bluish grey posteriorly ; the whole lower plumage yellow, tinged with ochraceous across the breast, and the feathers of that part with dark bases showing through, and giving the breast a mottled appearance ; traces of a white interrupted supercilium are frequently visible over the lores and ear-coverts, but these traces are quite absent in most birds. * I agree with Sharpe that Brown's figure of the Green Wagtail is quite u
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