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ARTAMID^, 



•white towards the base of the inner web : " bill blue, black at tip ; 

 feet dark blue ; iris brown " {E. L. Layanl). Total length 7"2 

 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 5*05, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female . Similar in ])lumage to the male. Total length 7'1 

 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 5-15, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-65. 



Nestling. Coloured like the adults, but having the feathers of the 

 upper surface fringed with white ; the quills edged with white at 

 the tip, the tail-feathers more broadly tipped. 



Hah. Fiji Islands. 



a,h.S2 ^<1- sk. Levuka, Fiji Islands, July 3, Tweeddale Coll. 

 1874 {^E. L. Layard). 



c. 2 ad. sk. Levuka, Fiji Islands, June Tweeddale Coll. 



25, 1874 (JE. L. Layard). 



d. Pull. sk. Levuka, Fiji Islands, August Tweeddale Coll. 



27, 1874 {E. L. Layard). 



e. (S ad. sk. Wakaia, Fiji Islands, May 24, Tweeddale Coll. 



1876 i^E. L. Layard). 



f. i ad. sk. Wakaia, Fiji Islands, Oct. Voy. H.M.S. 'Alert.' 



1880 {Br. Coppinger). 



g. h. (S ad. sk. Eewa, Fiji Islands, Oct. 1874 Tweeddale Coll. 



(E. L. Layard). 



i. Ad. sk. N'Dreketti, Fiji Islands. E. L. Layard, Esq. 



[C.]. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Taviuni, Fiji Islands {Liardet^. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. Matuka, Fiji Islands. Gould Coll. 



n. c? ad. sk. Island of N'Gau, Fiji Islands, Vov. II.M.S. ' Her- 



Oct. 1855 (Dr. Hayner). aid.' 



V. o ad. sk. Island of Ovalau, Fiji Islands, Voy. II.M.S. ' Her- 



Aug. 1856 {Dr. Itayner). aid.' 



6. Artamus monachus. 



Artamus monachus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 348 (1850, ex Temm. 3ISS. in 

 Mm. Lugd.) ; Wall Ibis, 1860, p. 141 ; id. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 340 ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 289, no. 4272 ( 1869) ; Walden, Tram. Z. S. 

 viii. p. 67, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1872) ; Gmdd, B. New Guinea, iv. pi. 21 

 (1878) ; Sharpe in Rowley''s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 189 (1878) ; Guillem. 

 P. Z. S. 1885, p. 553. 



Artamus spectabilis, Briigg. Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 349 

 (1878). 



Adult female. Head, nape, sides of face, and entire throat pale 

 umber-brown, the top of the head darker ; hind neck, entire back, 

 scapulars, rump, and uj^per tail-coverts pure white ; wing dark 

 ashy brown, the lesser and median coverts washed with umber- 

 brown ; tail dark ashy brown ; fore neck and rest of under surface 

 of body pure white ; under wing-coverts white : quills ashy below, 

 the inner edge white. Total length 7'o inches, culmen I'Oo, wing 

 6-3, tail 2-9, tarsus 0-75. 



Hah. Celebes and Sula Islands. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Celebes {Duivenhode). Gould Coll. 



h, c. Ad. sk. Celebes. Tweeddale Coll. 



d-e. Ad. sk. Sula Islands. Wallace Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Sula Islands ( Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



