Inke7'man Station^ North Queensland. 471 



No. 365. a, b. Sexes ? Inkcrmanj April 11, 1907. 



„ c, d, e. ^ , ^ , ^ adult. Inkerman, Oct. 3, 11, 

 and 19, 1907. 

 Bill, black iu adult male, dark brown in immature male 

 and brown in female ; feet light brown ; iris brown. 



The specimen c is in full male plumage; in e the black 

 and orange feathers are just being acquired. 



58. Artamus leucogaster Valenc. 

 Artamus parvirostris Ingram, Ibis, 1907, p. 410. 

 Artamus leucogaster Math. Handl. p. 80. 

 No. 327. S adult. Inkerman, April 16, 1907. 

 No. 387. ? adult. Mount Elliot, Dec. 1907. 

 Bill blue to black ; iris brown. 



Mr. Stalker remarks that there was a " large egg in the 

 ovary " of the Mt. Elliot bird. 



■'SO 



59. Artamus hypoleucus Sharpe, 

 Artamus albiventris Old. Handb. i. p. 149. 

 Artamus hypoleucus Math. Handl. p. 81. 



No. 362. a, b,c. ^ , ^ , S (2 adult, 1 imm.). Inkerman, 

 March 15, 1907. 

 „ d. cJ adult. Inkerman, April 16, 1907. 



These birds are much greyer throughout than the two 

 examples from the Interior and S. Australia in the British 

 Museum, which, however, have every appearance of being 

 soil-stained or dirty. Without a larger series for comparison 

 it is impossible to say whether the difference is geographical 

 or not, but the skins, collected from widely separated, 

 districts, are certainly distinguishable from one another. 



60. Artamus tenebrosus (Lath.). 

 Ai'tamus sordidus Gld. Handb. i. p. 143. 

 Artamus tenebrosus Math. Handl. p. 81. 

 a. Adult. Inkerman. 



61. Artamus minor Vieill. 



Artamus minor Gld. Handb. i. p. 146; Ingram, Ibis, 1907, 

 p. 408; Math. Handl. p. 81. 



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