ARTAMIDES. 479 



feathers of rump with thickened shafts. In this family the bill, legs, 

 and nails are black. The nests are built in trees, and the eggs are 

 usually greenish blue, spotted with brown and gray. 



Genera. 



a 1 . Bill larger and stronger; culmen from base longer than tarsus; wing more 

 than 150 mm.; parts of the body-plumage usually more or less barred with 



black and white Artamides (p. 479) 



a-. Bill smaller and more slender; culmen from base equal to, or less than, tarsus; 

 wing less than 140 mm.; body-plumage of the adult never barred with black 

 and white. 

 6 1 . Much larger; wing more than 125 mm. 



c 1 . Wing shorter, about equal to tail; a black collar, incomplete behind. 



Malindangia (p. 485) 



c 2 . Wing considerably longer than tail; no black collar Edolisoma (p. 480) 



ft 2 . Much smaller; wing less than 125 mm. 



c 1 . Tarsus shorter and weaker, less than middle toe with claw; rectrices long, 



slender, and strongly graduated Pericrocotus (p. 490) 



c 2 . Tarsus longer and stouter, more than middle toe with claw or than culmen 

 from base; rectrices shorter and wider Lalage (p. 494) 



Genus AETAMIDES Hartlaub, 1865. 



Bill large and strong ; wing considerably longer than tail ; first primary 

 little more than one-half of second, fourth longest; tarsus strong, longer 

 than bill from nostril; tail nearly square, but outermost pair of rec- 

 trices decidedly shorter than the others. The Philippine species of A.rtw- 

 mides are very much alike; the wings and tail are black, and the greater 

 part of the remaining plumage is gray, but certain parts are barred with 

 black and white in nearly all the species. The sexes are unlike and the 

 male is slightly larger than the female. The length is usually more 

 than 260 mm. The key to the species of Artamides is modified from 

 the key given by Grant, Ibis (1896), 535. 



Species. 



a 1 . Under parts uniform gray. 



6 1 . Lores and space in front of eyes deep black. 

 c\ Tail less than 140 mm. 



d 1 . Feathers covering the nostrils deep black like the lores. 



e l . Feathers of the rump gray, fringed with whitish; tail, 120 mm. 



striatus (p. 482) 

 e 2 . Feathers of the rump uniform gray; tail, 122 to 124 mm. 



mindorensis ( p. 483 ) 

 d 2 . Feathers covering the nostrils gray like the crown; tail, 132 mm. 



cebuensis (p. 484) 



c 2 . Tail more than 140 mm.; feathers covering the nostrils deep black like the 



lores and the space in front of eyes; tail, 144 mm.... guillemardi (p. 481) 



b 2 . Lores and space in front of eyes pale gray like the crown; general color 



pale gray difficilis (p. 480) 



