20 ARTAMIDJ, 



only the inner web of the outer feather white ; quills below dull 

 ashy : " bill blue with a black tip ; feet nearly lead-colour ; iris 

 dark brown " {J. Gould). Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 

 5-1, tail 3-1, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but slightly smaller. Total 

 length Cy2 inches, culmen 0'65, wing 4-9, tail 2-6, tarsus U'7. 



Younij. Differs fi'om the adults in having more distinct white 

 edges to the ends of the quills, and in being streaked with ashy 

 whitish both above and below. 



JJah. Tasmania and the greater part of Australia. 



a,6. Ad. ; c. Juv. sk. Tasmania. Ronald Guiiu, Esq. 



d,e. cf2ad. ;/. Tasmania. AntarcticExpedition. 



Ad. sk. 



g, h. Ad. sk. Australia. Gould Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.j. 



k, I. Ad. sk. New South Wales. Hume Coll. 



m. c? ad. sk. S. Australia (/. G=o»^f^j. Sir G. Grey [P.]. 



n. Ad. sk. Queensland {F. Strange). Tweeddale Coll. 



o,^j. Ad. sk. Brisbane (/. r. CocA:e?-e//). Sal vin-Godman Coll. 



q. 2 ad. sk. Moretou I3ay, June 21 Gould Coll. 



(F. Strange). 



r. Ad. sb. Somerset, Cape York. Tweeddale Coll. 



». 5 imm. sk. Perth, Western .Australia. Gould Coll. 



17. Artanms minor. 



Artamus minor, VieiU. iV. Diet. d'Sist. Nat. xvii. p. 298(1817); 

 Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 285 (1845) ; Gotdd, B. Austr. fol. ii. pi. 28 

 ri848) ; Reichenh. Vog. NeiikoU. p. 168 (1848) ; Bp. Con.y}. i. 

 p. 344 (1850); Gould, Hayulb. B. Austr. i. p. 146 (1865); 

 Rammy, Ibis, 1866, p. 327 ; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 290, no. 4285 

 (1869): Ramsan, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 584; id. Proc. Lin?i. Soc. 

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

 in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 201 (1878) ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N. S. W. vii. p. 407 (1883) ; id. op. cit. (2) i. p. 1087 (1866), 

 ii. p. 167 (1887) ; id. Tab. List Austr. B. p. 3 (18S8). 



Ocypterus fuscatus, Valenc. Mem. Mtis. vi. p. 74, pi. 9. fig. 1 

 (1820). 



Leptoteryx minor, Wagler, Syst. Av., Leptopteryx, sp. 6 (1827). 



Ocypterus minor, Goidd, Syn. B. Au.str. part 1 (1837). 



Adult. Chocolate-brown above, the sides of the face and sides of 

 neck uniform with the head ; under surface of body more rufescent 

 and inclining to chestnut ; a narrow frontal line, as well as the 

 chin and lores, black ; lower rump, upper and under tail-coverts 

 black; wings and tail leaden black, the tail-feathers white at the 

 tip of the inner web, the two centre ones entirely uniform ; under 

 wing-coverts pale fawn-brown : " bill beautiful violet-blue at the 

 base, darker at the tip ; feet and iris nearly black " (J. Gould). Total 

 length 5'9 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 4'55, tail 2'65, tarsus 0*5. 



