672 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 07i a 



to one species, C. rufiventris, and that the shaft-streaks 

 disappear with age. 



The total length measured in the flesh varies from 9'5 to 

 lO'O inches. 



[The Buff-bellied Shrike-Thrush, commonly known to 

 the colonists as the ''Thrush/^ is abundant in the south- 

 west, but less plentiful in the central divisions. — G. C. S.] 



Abtamus leucogaster (Valenc). 



Artamns leucogaster Math. p. 80. 



«j/- c? ? • Carnarvon, 2nd Aug. 



Iris dark brown ; bill pale blue, indigo-black at the tip ; 

 legs of a dark slate-colour, dusky-white between the scutes. 



[The White-rumped Wood-Swallow was plentiful and 

 gregarious in its habits. It is a migratory species. — 

 G. C. S.] 



Artamus personatus Gould. 



Artamus personatus Math. p. 81. 



a-l. S ? . Kurrawang, 16th-18th Sept. 



m. [ c? ]. Laverton, 14th Oct. 



w. S . Dale River, 16th Dec. 



Iris dark brown ; bill pale bluish, blackish at the tip ; legs 

 dusky black. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 7*5-8-0 inches. 



Mr. C. Ingram has described an allied form from Alexandra 

 Station under the name A. gracilis. It is said to have the 

 general colour more ashy [<?/. Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 115 

 (1906)]. 



[The Masked Wood-Swallow is gregarious and migratory 

 in its habits, often going about in flocks of many thousands 

 in the western and central divisions. In the south-west its 

 occurrence is very uncertain. — G. C. >S.] 



Artamus melanops Gould. 



Artamus melanops Math. p. 81. 



a-c, (5" et cJ $ imm. Avon River, 16th Jan. 



d-l S ? • Laverton, 13th-21st Oct. 



m. ? . Hawksnest, 2nd Nov. 



n, 0. ? et J imm. Clifton Downs, 16th Oct. 



