261 



Artamus sordidus {Lath.). 



Artamus sordidus, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr, i. p. 143 (18G5) ; North, 

 Nests ^- E(/(/s Anstr. Birds, p. 42, pi. viii. &g. 14 (1889) ; Skaiyje, 

 Cat. BirdsB. 3L xiii. p. 19(1890); Nehrk. Kat. Biersamml.^. 120 

 (1899) ; Caynphell, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 471, pi. 15 (190 Ij ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 2G2. 



The eggs of the Common Australian Wood-Swallow are mostly 

 of a broad, pointed, oval shape and slightly glossy. They are 

 cream-colour or pale stone-colour, spotted and blotched with deep 

 umber-brown and dark lavender-grey. The markings usually form 

 a broad but very irregular zone round the broad end and are very 

 sparse elsewhere. Specimens measure from '82 to '93 in length, 

 and from -64 to • 7 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godmau ColL 



2. AVest Australia. Gould Coll. 

 4. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Near Adelaide. E. S. Moidden, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



1. Tasniauia. {J. Gould : Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Albert Park, Melbourne, 31st Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(.4. J. North). 



3. Canterburv, N.S.W., 10th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. N.). 

 1. Dobroyde, N.S.W. (-E", P. i2«»isay ; Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Artamus minor, Vieill. 



Ai-tamos minor, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 146 (1865) ; Ramsay, 

 Proe. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. vii. p. 407, pi. 3. figs. 9, 10 (1882) ; North, 

 Nests ^- Ef/ffs Austr. Birds, p' 47 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 20 ((1890) ; Hehrk. Kat.Eiersamml.^. 120(1899); Campbeli, 

 Nests Si- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 474 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 262 (1903). 



The eggs of the Little Swallow-Shrike are of a rather broad oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are of a white or creamy-white 

 colour, spotted and blotched, most densely at the broad end, with 

 pale umber-brown and lavender. Six examples measure from 'GT 

 to -76 in length, and from -51 to -59 in breadth. 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, 2nd Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.). 

 3. Rockhampton, Queensland, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{North Coll.). 



