of these grey and black-headed Wagtails, for which I must refer my readers to his valuable ‘ Iconografia
5

della Fauna Italica.’

On reference to my MSS. I fin
written while the matter was fresh
obtained on the Dovre-fjeld and in its ne
B. nigricapilla, Bonap. (i. melanocephala,
killed on approaching the Dovre-fjeld bad d

crowns. ‘The dark-grey-headed birds had scarcely a tr
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contrary, had the head olive-grey, a conspicuous stripe through the eye, and an indistinct mark of black on

the chest. I believe every gradation of colour from the grey to the black head is to be roe on the Dovre-
e bird may be seen in all its glory from the middle of June to the middle of July on all
above the line of vegetation. The crowns of those killed were quite black ;
upper part of the throat beneath the bill white; the remainder of the
patch of black on the chest ; their backs were fine green,

eyes black. They were fine sprightly birds, and

g this bird as observed by me in Norway,
in my memory. «From a careful examination of sever specimens
ighbourhood, I am inclined to regard Budytes cinereocapilla and
Savi., nec Lichtenstein), as one and the same species. Males
ark grey heads, while those obtained near Jerkin had jet-black
ace of the stripe through the eye 5 the females, on the

d the following note respectin

fjeld, where th
the hill-sides to about or even
they had no stripe through the eye;
under surface rich deep yellow, with
bills black, their feet brownish black, and their
ent from those of the Yellow Wagtail of England.”

to determine to which species the numerous notices that have appeared under

I hesitate to quote any of them, with the exception of
pertains to the present bird. He states (in

about the middle of April, at which
I never

a conspicuous

their
uttered notes quite differ

As it is almost impossible
the heading of Budytes cinereo-capilla have reference,
the following, from the pen of Lord Lilford, which, doubtless,

‘The Ibis’ for 1860) that it “arrives in great numbers in Corfu
ks in all the low meadows and maize-fields of the island.

ed a few pairs during the whole summer.”
and markings of the head of the male occasionally
lores, and ear-coverts black, others uniform

season it is to be found in small floc
could find a nest of this species, though I have observ

In conclusion I may remark that the colouring
present slight differences, some specimens having the crown,
dark sooty grey ; and in others, again, the grey is broken by a faint white stripe above the ear-coverts, as

seen in the Penzance example.
I must not omit to acknowledge the persevering kindness of Dr. Leith Adams, than whom no one of my

assistance towards the illustration of these Wagtails. During his
large series, obtained during their passage from Africa
in autumn, at which latter season the young either
No examples of either the western Budytes

friends rendered me more valuable
sojourn in Malta he collected for me a very
to Europe in the spring, and on their return

accompanied the adults or followed them after a short interval.

Ray? or the eastern B. melanocephala were found among the birds I had the pleasure of receiving from

Dr. Adams, the only species being B. cinereocapilla and B. flava.
The upper figure in the accompanying Plate represents the Penzance specimen 5
are from male and female examples shot by myself on the Dovre-fjeld, in Norway, on the 4th of July, 1856.

the two lower ones