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Artamus sordidus (Latli.}. 



Artamus sordidus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 143 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 42, pi. viii. fig. 14 (1889) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 19(1890); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml.-p. 120 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 471, pi. 15 (1901) j 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 262. 



The eggs of the Common Australian "Wood-Swallow are mostly 

 of a broad, pointed, oval shape and slightly glossy. They are 

 cream-colour or pale stone- colour, spotted and blotched with deep 

 umber-brown and dark lavender-grey. The markings usually form 

 a broad but very irregular zone round the broad end and are very 

 sparse elsewhere. Specimens measure from '82 to *93 in length, 

 and from '64 to * 7 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman ColL 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 

 4. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Near Adelaide. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania (J. Gould: Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Albert Park, Melbourne, 31st Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



3. Canterbury, N.S.W., 10th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. N.). 



1. Dobroyde, N.S.W. (E. P. Ramsay ; Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.}. 



Artamus minor, Vieill. 



Artamus minor, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 146 (1865) ; Ramsay. 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. vii. p. 407, pi. 3. figs. 9, 10 (1882) ; North, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 47 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 20 ((1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 120 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 474 (1901) -, Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 262 (1903). 



The eggs of the Little Swallow-Shrike are of a rather broad oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are of a white or creamy-white 

 colour, spotted and blotched, most densely at the broad end, with 

 pale umber-brown and lavender. Six examples measure from '67 

 to -76 in length, and from -51 to -59 in breadth. 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, 2nd Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.). 

 3. Rockhampton, Queensland, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(North Coll.). 



