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greater extent of the black on the face. The specimen from 

 which the above description was taken has been kindly sent 

 to me by Mr. S. White, of the Reed Beds, near Adelaide, 

 South Australia, who informs me that it was shot by him at 

 St. aBecket's Pool, lat. 28° 30', on the 23rd of August 1863, 

 and who, in the notes accompanying it, says, " I have never 

 seen this bird south. It collects at night like A. sordidus, 

 and utters the same kind of call. It seems to be plentiful all 

 over the north country, and particularly about Chamber's 

 Creek and Mount Margaret. It feeds on the ground, soars 

 high in the air, and clings in bunches like the others. The 

 two sexes appeared to be very similar in outward appearance; 

 but the young are much speckled with dusky brown, par- 

 ticularly on the back." 



Lores, face, rump, and under tail-coverts black ; stripe 

 over the eye, ear-coverts, sides of the face, and throat greyish 

 buff, increasing in depth on the chest so as to form a well- 

 marked band ; under surface delicate vinous grey ; two middle 

 tail-feathers black, the remainder black, largely tipped with 

 white ; upper surface of the wings grey, their under surface 

 Avliite; bill leaden grey, darkest at the tip; feet blackish 

 brown. 



Total length 6f inches ; bill f ; wing 4f ; tail 3; tarsi f . 



Sp. 78. ARTAMUS PERSONATUS, Gould. 



Masked Wood Swallow. 

 Oci/pterus persoiKitus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part viii. p. 149. 

 Jil-bunrj, Aborigines of the mountain districts of Western Australia. 



Ai'tamus personatus, Gould, Birds of Australia, foL, vol. ii. pi. 31. 



My knowledge of the range of this species is very limited ; 

 a single specimen was sent me from South Australia, while 

 fine examples Avere killed by Gilbert in the colony of Swan 

 River. Its richly coloured black face and throat, separated 

 from the delicate grey of the breast by a narroAv line of snowy 



