182 ON THE GENUS ARTAMUS 



Lanius philippinus, Scop. Del. Flor. et TaTm. Insnbr. ii. p. 85 (1786, ex Sonnerat). 

 Lanius dominicanus, G-m. S. N. i. p. 307 (1788, ex Sonnerat). 



A species said to be from Manilla, concerning which vide infra. 



ArTAMUS AUNOUXl. 



Artamus arnouxi, Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 538 (1854) ; Gray, List B. Trop. Isl. Pacific Ocean, 

 p. 23 (1858) ; id. Handl. B. i. p. 289. no. 4284 (1869). 



All that is known of this species is the statement that it is " entierement 

 grise," and that it was brought by Dr. Arnoux to the Paris Museum along 

 with a second species from New Caledonia ; but whether A. arnouxi is from 

 the latter island we are not informed. 



Artamus, sp. 



Artamus leucorhynchus , Hartl. & Finsch, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 116, and 1872, p. 99. 



Hab. Pelew Islands. 



The question of the Pelew-Islands Artamus is discussed further on, 

 under the heading of A. leucogaster. 



Artamus cucullatus, Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 196, pi. xliii. 



A species described as an Artamus from India, and figured by Mr. Wolf 

 with a thorough Artamus-YikQ, bill ; but it is disposed of in the following 

 manner by Mr. Blyth (Ibis, 1865, p. 43), who says that is nothing but a 

 male of Sylvia orphea, " being founded on a bad native drawing, which Dr. 

 Sclater kindly showed to me." 



ARTAMUS. 



Tj-pe. 



Artamus, Vieillot, Analyse, p. 41 (1816) A. hucocjaster. 



Ocypterus, Cuvier, Regne Anim. i. p. 339 (1817) . . A. leucorhynchus. 

 Leptopteryx, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 143 (1821) . A. leucoyaster. 



Range. Confined to the Indian and Australian Regions, 



