] G ABTAMID^. 



ID. Artamus personatus. 



Ocvpterus personatus, Gould, 1'. Z. S. 1840, p. 140. 



Artamus pcn-smiatus, (Ti-ai/, Gen. B. i. p. 28.5 (1845) ; Gould, B. 



Ausf.r fol ii pi •'>1(1848); Reichenb. Voq. Neuholl.^AlO (ISiB) ; 



Bp. Con.y). i. p. 344 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. item. Th. i. p. 208 (1850) ; 



Gould, Handh. B. Austr. i. p. 160 (18G5) ; Feb. Bets. Novara, 



Vog. p. 82 (1865) ; Grcui, Jhmd-l. B. i. p. 289, no. 4277 (1869) ; 



Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. K. S. W. ii. p. 179 (1878); Sharpe, in 



Bowleg's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 195 (1878j ; Bamsay, Tab. List Austr. 



5. p. 3(1888). 



Adult male. Above dark slato-colour, the lesser back and rump 

 more grej- ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills blackish slate-colour, 

 narrowly fringed with white at tlie ends, and all subterminally 

 shaded "with grey ; quills grey, tipped with white forming a broad 

 band ; forehead and lores, entire sides of face, and throat black, the 

 crown also shaded with Idack ; remainder of the body below ashy, 

 with an indistinct collar on the throat continued from the ear- 

 coverts ; thighs ashy ; under wing-coverts and axillarics white ; 

 quills ashy below, blackish towards the ends, white towards the 

 base of the inner web : " bill blue at base, becoming black at tip ; 

 legs and feet mealy bluish grey ; iris blackish brown " (J. Gould). 

 Total length 7'2 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 4-9, tail 3-15, tarsus 0-8. 



Adidt female. Similar to the male, but duller in colour; back 

 and wings browner ; under surface of body brownish ash, with an 

 indistinct collar ou the lower throat of ashy grey : sides of face and 

 throat dull slaty grey. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 

 4-85, tail 3-05, tarsus 0-75. 



Hab. The whole of Australia, except the northern parts. 



a, h. d ad. ; <•. $ S. Australia. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



ad. sk. 

 rf, e. Ad. sk. S. Australia. Gould Coll. 



f,g. Ad.; /«. Imm. sk. Victoria (J. T. Cockerelt). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 t. Ad. sk. Interior of Australia. Capt. Start [P.]. 



k, I. Ad. ; m, v. S. Queensland. Tweeddale Coll. 



Imm. sk. 

 o. c? ad. sk. Between the Avon and Salt Gould Coll. 



Rivers, W. Australia, 

 Oct. 17, 1849. 



11. Artamus cinereus. 



Artamus cinereus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xvii. p. 297 (1817) ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 285 (1845) ; Gould, B. Austr. fol. ii. pi. 29 

 (1848); Beiehenb. Voff. Neuholl. p. 168 (1848); Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 344 (1850) ; Go^dd, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 233 ; id. Handb. B. 

 Austr. i. p. 147 (1865); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 289, no. 4275 

 (1869); Bamsay, P. Z. S. 18/'6, p. 584; id. Proc. Linn. Soe. 

 N. S. W. ii. p. 179 (1878) ; Masters, t. c. p. 270 (1878) ; iSharpe in 

 Bowleg's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 195 (1878) ; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S. W. (2) i. p. 1087 (1886) ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 3 (1888). 



