ARTAMIA VIRIDIS 187 
Type. 
Artamia, Geoffr. St. ae Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris. i. 
pyacg (832) < : . . A, viridis. 
Cyanolanius, Bp. C. R. xxxviii. pp. 387, 538 (1854) . . A. bicolor. 
Leptopterus, Bp. C. R. xxxviii. pp. 387, 538 (1854) . . A. chabert. 
Abbottornis, Richmond, Pr. U. 8. Nat. Mus, xix. p. 692 
(SOT) F es = 3% A. chabert. 
The genus includes six species, of eae five are confined to Madagascar 
and the fifth is a native of Great Comoro Island. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
a. Entire head white. 
a1, No white band across the lower back . . . . . . ~~ viridis. 
61, A white band across the lower back . .. . . . anne. 
b. Upper half of head like the back, not white 
ct. Above black strongly glossed with green 
a*, Larger, wing 3-7, base of the four outer ae of tail- 
feathers black . . . - chabert. 
62. Smaller, wing 3:5, base of che fan ‘outer: see of tail: 
TOBEHErSiWHILGem a) 2 As sy + Ue Us (6s €“SChIStOCerca. 
dt, Above bright blue. 
e*. Smaller; wing 3:35 inches . .... =.=. .« « Ozcolor. 
a*s Wnargers; wing 3:70. . . . «= . « « + =. « » Gomorensis. 
Artamia viridis. 
Lanius viridis, P. L. S. Mill. 5. N. Suppl. p. 72 (1776) Madagascar. 
Lanius leucocephalos, Gm. S. N. i. p. 307 (1788) Madagascar. 
Artamia leucocephala, Gadow, Cat. B. M. viii. p. 107 (1883); Sibree, 
Ibis, 1891, p. 436; Shelley, B. Afr. i. No. 652 (1896); Sharpe 
Handl. B. iv. 263 (1903). 
Artamia leucocephala typica, Milne Edw. and Grand. Hist. Madag. 
Ois. i. p. 405, pls. 154, figs. 1, 1544, figs. 1,155 (1885). 
White-headed Shrike, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 180 (1781). 
Adult male. Entire head and the under parts white; remainder of 
plumage black, with a green gloss on the back and upper surface of the 
wings and tail. Iris light hazel; bill and feet bluish grey. Total length 
7:8 inches, culmen 0°85, wing 4:3, tail 2:9, tarsus 0-95. 
Adult female. Differs in having a tinge of silvery grey on the white 
portions of the plumage. Wing 4:2. 
