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280 Hill, Field Notes on Birds of Kimberley, N.-W. Aust. [^j^")' 



Artamus leucogaster (White-rumped Wood-Swallow). 



Small flocks passed over Napier Broome Bay on 22nd and 26th March, 

 flying southward. 



Artamus cinereus (Grey-breasted Wood-Swallow). 



Fairly numerous, and apparently resident. Their food consists largely of 

 locusts. 



Measurements of birds in mm. : — 



Total length. Wing. 



c^ ... 179 ... 116 



6 



18: 



107 



Artamus minor (Little Wood-Swallow). 



These birds arrived on 27/3/10, and remained in the district without 

 nesting up to the time of my departure in July. 



Measurements of birds in mm.: — 



Collyriocichla brunnea (Brown Shrike-Thrush). 



A common species in most localities. The nests are generally built of 

 bark and lined with mid-ribs of a fern, and placed in thick bushes or on 

 the tops of broken stumps. One nest dift'ered considerably from all others 

 in being built of wire-like creeper, eucalypt leaves, a few pieces of bark, 

 leaves of a Grcvillca, and lined with rootlets and mid-ribs of ferns. Dimen- 

 sions of this nest in inches : — Outside — length, 9 ; breadth, 6 ; depth, 4.5. 

 Inside — length, 3.3 ; breadth, 3.1 ; depth, 2.6. Lizards were found in many 

 of the birds dissected. 



Measurements of birds in mm. : — 



Total length. Wing Tarsus. Bill Tail, 



105 

 I 10 

 102 

 105 

 106 

 IDS 

 111.5 



Collyriocichla woodwardi (Brown-breasted Shrike-Thrush).* 

 (Hartert, Nov. Zool., xii., p. 228.) 

 These rare birds inhabit the broken sandstone plateau east of Napier 



