590 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Genus ARTAMUS Vieillot, 1816. 
Mandible with a slight notch near tip; rictal bristles much less than : 
bill from nostril; first primary yg small and slender, not longer than : 
culmen from base; second primary longest, the wings when folded reaching | 
beyond the middle of tail; tail short and square, the rectrices broad and | 
square; plumage compact. Colors white and gray. | 
576. ARTAMUS LEUCORYNCHUS (Linneus). 
WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW SHRIKE, 
Lanius leucorynchus LiINN&uUS, Mantissa (1771), 524. 
UCv\ yn Artamus leucogaster SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 13, 3; Hand- 
Awe List (1903), 4, 260; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 240 (habitey': OATES 
and Rerp, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1905), 4, 257. 
Artamus leucorynchus McGrecor, Bur. Govt. Laboratories, Manila (1905), 
34, 22, pls. 16 to 18 (nesting habits). 
Artamus leucorhynchus McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 91. 
Git-git, Ticao, Lubang, and Manila; it-it, Bohol. 
Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Everett, Steere Ezxp., 
Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol (Everett, McGregor) ; Bongao (Everett) ; 
Buluan (Mearns); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Caluya 
(Porter); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Murray, Everett, Steere Ezxp., 
Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere 
Ezxp., Bourns & Worcester); Leyte (Hverett, Bartsch); Lubang (McGregor) ; 
Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, 
Bartsch) ; Marinduque (Steere Exp.) ; Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 
Mindanao (Steere, Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Eap., Bourns & Worcester, 
Celestino) ; Mindoro (Steere Eap., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 
Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere. Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Palawan 
(Platen, Bourns & Worcester, White) ; Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; 
Papahag (Bartsch); Polillo (McGregor); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, Mc- 
Gregor); Samar (Whitehead) ; Semirara (Worcester) ; Sibay (McGregor & Wor- 
cester) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns 
& Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Burbidge, Guwillemard, Bourns & Worcester, 
Bartsch); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Woreester) ; 
Ticao (McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor). Australia, Papuan and Andaman Islands, 
Malay Archipelago. . 
Adult (sexes alike)—Upper tail-coverts pure white; remainder of 
upper parts with wings and tail slate-gray; mantle and back decidedly 
browner ; primaries and rectrices blacker; loral and nasal plumes black; 
sides of head and neck slate-gray; chin, throat, and fore part of chest 
blackish slate; remainder of under parts, axillars, and wing-lining pure 
white. Iris dark; bill light blue, its tip black; legs and nails black. 
Length, 190 to 200. A male from Siquijor measures: Wing, 136; tail, 
67; culmen from base, 21; bill from nostril, 15; tarsus, 16.5. A female 
from Luzon, wing, 137; tail, 66; culmen from base, 20; bill from nostril, 
14; tarsus, 15. 
Young.—Four large nestlings taken in Benguet, Luzon, April 19, 1903, 
resemble the adult in having the breast, abdomen, and crissum white. 
