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8. Mongphoo, Darjiliug {J. G.). Hume Coll. 



■2. Mongphoo (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



3. Mongphoo, 16th April {J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 24th April (J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Mongphoo, 30th April {J. G.). Hume Coll. 



2. Faridpiir, E. Bengal, 16th April Hume Coll. 



{J. R. Cnpps). 



2. Faridpur, 17th AprO {J. R. C). Hume Coll. 



1. Kotagherry, Nilghiri Hills, 17th Hume Coll. 



May (Miss Cockburn). 



1. Akyab, Burma (J3. R. Shopland). Crowley Bequest, 



Artamus superciliosus (Gould). 



(Plate XI. fig. 15.) 



Artamus superciliosus, Gould, Sandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 152 (1865) ; 

 North, Nests S^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 47 (1889); Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiii. p. 15 (1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. -p. 120 (1899); 

 Campbell, Nests ^ Egqs Austr. Birds, i. p. 463, pi. 15 (1901) ; Sharpe, 

 Sand-l. iv. p. 261 (1903). 



The eggs of the "White-eyebrowed Wood-Swallew are of an oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are pale greyish green, densely 

 mottled and streaked all over with umber-brown and under-lying 

 purplish grey. They measure from '8 to '95 in length, and from 

 •64 to -68 in breadth. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 11th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 

 (Noi-th Coll.). 



2. New South Wales (E. P. Ramsay). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Albert Park, Melbourne, 20th Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



3. Victoria, Australia. Government of Victoria [P.]. 



5. Victoria. Government of Victoria [P.]. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F.A.Philbrick,Esq.,K.C.[P.]. 



Artamus personates (Gould). 



Artamus persouatus, Gould, Sandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 150 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests 4- Eijgs Austr. Birds, p. 44 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. IG (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 120 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests S)- Eqqs Austr. Birds, i. p. 466 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 261 (1903). 



The eggs of the Masked "Wood-Swallow resemble those of 

 A. superciliosus very closely, but some specimens are less densely 

 marked, leaving much more of the ground-colour visible. They 

 measure from "83 to '92 in length, and from '61 to 'OS in breadth. 



1. Swan River, West Australia, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(J. G. Bostock : Tristram Coll.). 



2. West Australia ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



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