Collection of Birds from Western Australia. 673 



Adult. Iris dark brown ; bill greyish-blue, blackish at the 

 tip; legs bluish-slate-colour. 



hnmature. Bill pinkish-olive, tinged on the sides and at 

 the gape with yellow. 



Mr. Ingram has described a form from the Alexandra 

 Station Avhich he calls Artamus florencice. It is said to be 

 paler and more ashy [cf. Bull. B. O.C. xvi. p. 115 (1906)]. 



[The Black-faced Wood-Swallow was plentiful; it is 

 gregarious and migratory in its habits. — G. C. S.'\ 



Artamus tenebrosus (Lath.). 



Artamus tenebrosus Math. p. 81. 



a-f ^ ? et juv. King Hiver, 12th Dec.-lOth Jan. 



ff. ? imm. Chockerup, 2.2nd Jan. 



h. ^ . Big Grove, 2nd May. 



i, k. (^ . Parker's Range, 7th Aug. 



I, m. (J. Kurrawang, 2nd & 12th Sept. 



n. Ad. Avon River, 13th Jan. 06. 



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

 legs slate-blue. 



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



[This Wood - Swallow was gregarious, and the most 

 plentiful species in the south-west. It is apparently only 

 partly migratory, and is widely distributed throughout the 

 central divisions. — G. C. S.] 



Stipiturus malacurus Shaw. 



Stipiturus malachurus Math. p. 79. 



a, b. $ et juv. Chockerup, 24th Jan. 



c-h. S ? • Big Grove, 9th March-23rd April. 



Iris dark brown or hazel ; bill blackish-brown, paler at 

 the gape ; legs brown. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 6-8^ inches. 



The birds collected by Mr. Shortridge in Western and 

 South-western Australia, between the months of January 

 and April, have the feathers of the mantle edged with gray, 

 with a very small admixture of yellowish or bufi*, while the 

 rufous on the forehead and crown of male birds is much less 

 pronounced. Specimens in the British Museum from 



