18 ARTAjnn^. 



Adult. Similar to A. cinereus, but smaller ; face with a greater 

 amount of black on the sides, and the under tail-coverts narrowly 

 tipped with white. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 4-9, 

 tail 2-7, tarsus 0-8. 



JIab. Nearly the whole of Australia excepting the western por- 

 tions. 



J/ab. South Australia, Victoria to Cape York. 



a. Ad. sk. Somerset, Cape York. Tweeddale Coll. 



b. Ad. sk. St. A'Beckett's Pool, lat. 28° 30', Gould Coll. 



Aug. 23, 1863 (A. White). (Type of species.) 



t-ff. Ad. sk. N. Australia. Gould Coll, 



14. Artamus perspicillatus. 



Artamus perspicillatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 344 (1850, ex Temm. MSS. 



in Mus. Lugd.); Wall. Ibis, 1861, p. 348; id. P. Z. 8. 1863, 



p. 48.5 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 209, no. 4271 (1869) ; Sharpe in 



Rowlei/s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 198 (1878). 

 OcYptevas alborittatus, Kittl. Kiipf. Yiig. p. 23, pi. xxx. fig. 2 



(1832). 



Adult male. Above ashy brown ; head all round and sides of 

 neck, as well as the under surface of the body, clearer ashy ; chin 

 itself, lores, and eyelid black ; lower rump and upper tail-coverts 

 black ; tail-feathers black, broadly tipped with white ; entire wing 

 dark ashy grey, the quills blackish towards the ends, with a narrow 

 terminal edging of white ; flanks rather duller ashy ; thighs clearer 

 ashy ; under tail-coverts black ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white ; quills below dull ashy, white towards the base of the inner 

 web. Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 5-05, tail 3-1, 

 tarsus 0"9. 



Adtdt female. Scarcely distinguishable from the male. Total 

 length 8 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 5-2, tail 3-2, tarsus 0-25. 



Young. Similar to the adults, but with the edges of the feathers 

 more or less white ; uuder surface of body more grey, the feathers 

 being tipped with the latter colour. 



Hub. Timor. 



a, b. S ad. ; c. 5 ad. ; E. Timor. Wallace Coll. 



d. Juv. sk. 



e. Ad. ; f. Jav. sk. E. Timor (A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



g. Ad. sk. Timor {A. R. Wallace). Gould Coll. 



15. Artamus venustus. 



Artamus venustus, Sharpe in Rvwlei/s Orti. Mise. iii. p. 198 (1878). 



Adult. Above ashy, the head all round, sides of face, and under 

 surface of body clearer and more greyish ; fore part of cheeks, lores, 

 and the chin itself black ; lower rump and upper tail-coverts black ; 



