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Show 364 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 196. MOTACILLA OCULARIS, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, pp. 94, 309; P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 275, 1870, p. 130, fig. 346. Motacilla lugubris, Ibis, 1860, p. 55, 1861, pp. 35, 255, 333, 1862, p. 260 ; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 317. Distinguishable in all plumages by the dark streak through its eye and its grey back. China, Hainan, and Formosa. Specimens have also been received from Trans-Baikal. 197. MOTACILLA JAPONICA, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 17, 274, 1870, p. 130. Motacilla lugens, Temm. (nee Illig.) ; Ibis, 1860, p. 357. Motacilla lugubris, Ibis, 1862, p. 260, 1863, p. 308. Motacilla alba, var. from Kamtschatka, Pall. Zoograph. Distinguishable from the last in winter by its larger size, its whiter wing, and black-marked back. This is the species that announces the return of spring to the Kamtschatkans (Kittlitz). M. lugubris, Pall. & Temm. (lugens, Illiger), is the M. vidua, Sundevall, of Africa (see Tristram, 'Ibis,' 1866, p. 291). 198. BUDYTES FLAVUS (L.); Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 55, 1861, pp. 36, 333, 411, 1862, p. 260; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 274. Budytes flavescens, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 350. China generally. Mr. Wallace has bright-plumaged birds from the Moluccas which also agree with the European species; and Mr. Baird reports it from Alaska. 199. BUDYTES TAIVANUS, Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 346,1866, p. 138. Budytes rayi!, Ibis, 1862, p. 260, 1863, p. 309. Budytes melanotis, Ibis, 1864, p. 422. Amoy ; Formosa ; Hainan. I have a specimen also from Trans- Baikal ; and Mr. Gould has one from Singapore. 200. BUDYTES CINEREOCAPILLUS, Sav.; Ibis, 1863, p. 94, 1870, p. 346; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 317. Occurs singly or in pairs throughout China in spring. 201. BUDYTES CITREOLUS (Pall.). Szechuen. I came across a party of this Wagtail on the Upper Yangtsze in May. 202. CALOBATES MELANOPE. Motacilla melanope, Pall. Itin. iii. p. 696. n. 16 ; Zoogr. i. p. 500. Motacilla bistrigata, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. part 2, p. 312. Motacilla boarula, Ibis, 1860, p. 55, 1861, pp. 35, 333, 1862, p. 260, 1863, p. 309, 1866, p. 138; P. Z. S. 1862, p. 317, 1863, p. 274. Calobates boarula, Ibis, 1870, p. 346. |