1. AKTAMUS. 15 



9. Artamus superciliosus. 



Ocypterus superciliosus, Gould, F. Z. S. 183G, p. 142 ; id. Syn. B. 



Austr. part i. (1837). 

 Artamus superciliosus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 285 (1845) ; Beichenh. 



Vog. Neuholl. p. 169 (1848) ; Gould, B. Austr. fol. ii. pi. 32 



(1848) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 199 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. 



„ Q</r nak(\\ . n„i. ivr,,^ tt„,\, T1i ^ n 1 ao n HP^fW ■ V^U P/»'o 



p. 193 (1878) ; Ramsay, Tab. List Austr. B. p. 3 (1888) 



Adult male. Above slaty grey, the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 ashy ; wing ashy, all the quills tipped with black ; tail-feathers 

 ashy, tipped ^yith white and forming a terminal band ; a broad 

 white eyebrow produced from the fore part of the eye to the nape ; 

 lores, sides of face, and entire throat slaty black, the latter clearer 

 slate-colour below; remainder of under surface of body vinous 

 chestnut ; thighs clear ashy grey : under wing-coverts white, the 

 edge of the wing slaty ; quills below pale ashy, greyer along the 

 inner web : "bill light blue at base, black at tip ; feet dark lead- 

 colour ; iris nearly black " {J. Gould). Total length 7*5 inches, 

 culmen 0*75, wing o-Oo, tail 2-85, tarsus 0"8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but paler ; the back browner, 

 and the head ashy not blackish ; under surface of body paler 

 vinaceous, and the whole of the throat slaty grey. Total length 

 4-75 inches, tail 2'8, tarsus 0-8. 



Young. Differs from the adults. General colour ashy, all the 

 feathers narrowly streaked with white ; quills tipped with white ; 

 tail-feathers slightly edged with white at the ends : lores and ear- 

 coverts dusky slate-colour ; under surface of body ashy, the feathers 

 streaked with whitisb, the abdomen mottled with dusky, the 

 feathers being fringed with this colour. 



Hah. The greater part of Australia, but not found in the western 

 or northern parts of the continent. 



a, b. (S2 ad. sk. Austraha. Sir T. Mitchell [P.]. 



c, d. (S 2 ^d. sk. S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.J. 



e-g. Ad. sk. New South Wales (J. T. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Cocker ell). 



h. cS ad. ; i. $ Homebush, N. S. W., Jan. Sydney Museum. 



juv. sk. 1877. 



k. 2 ad. sk. Sydney, Nov. 1876. Sydney Museum. 



I. (S ad. sk. Bankstown, N. S. W., Dec. Sydney Museum. 



1876. 



7)1. 2 ad. sk. Moreton Bay, Oct. 1850 {F. Gould Coll. 



iSti'ange). 



n. 5 ad. sk. Queensland. Tweeddale Coll. 



o. (S ad. sk. " N.W. Australia." Gould Coll. 



