188 ON THE GENUS ARTAMUS 



2. Artamus maximus. 



Artamus maximus, Meyer, Sitz. Akad. Wien, Ixix. p. 203 (1874) ; Sclatcr, Ibis, 1874, p. 417 ; 

 Beccari, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 709 (1875) ; Gould, B. New Guin. part vi. (1878). 



cJ ad. supril nigerrimus : uropygio et supracaudalibus tantum pure alhis : alis omnino nigris : 

 rectricibus nigris, apicaliter angustissime albido limbatis : capitis et eolli lateribus, gutturc 

 toto et praepectore nigerrimis, dorso concoloribus : corpore reliquo subtus purissime albo : 

 subalaribus albis, extimis parvis nigris : remigibus infra cineraceis. Long. tot. 7-5, culmen 

 0-8, als3 6'3, caudse 2"8, tarsus 0"75. 



Hah. New Guinea : Arfak Mountains (^Meyer, Beccari, Laglaize). 



This fine and distinct species has recently been figured by Mr. Gould 

 (/. c.) ; and the above description is taken from the type specimen; lent him 

 by Dr. Meyer. 



Spec, in Mus. Brit. 



a, (J ad. Arfak Mountains, N.W. New Guinea {Laglaize) . 



3. Artamus melaleucus. 



Loxia melaleuca, Forster, Icon. ined. 40 ; id. Descr. Anim. p. 272 (1844) . 



Leptopteryx melaleuca, Wagler, Syst. Av. Leptopteryx, sp. 1 (1827) . 



Ocypterus berardi, Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 538 (1854). 



Artamus melaleucus, Gray, P.Z. S. 1859, p. 163; id. List B. Trop. Isl. Pacific Ocean, p. 23 



(1859) ; Finsch, P.Z. S. 1877, p. 739. 

 Artamus melanoleucus , Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 289. no. 4280 (1869). 



(J ad. suprS, saturate fuliginoso-brunneus, pileo toto nuchaque, capitis lateribus et gutture toto 

 nigris : uropygio et supracaudalibus piu-e albis : scapiilaribus dorso concolorilDus : ala totu 

 schistaceo-nigra, remigibus intus cano lavatis : rectricibus nigi-is anguste albo apicaliter 

 limbatis : corpore reliquo subtus cum subalaribus et axillaribus pui-e albis : remigibus infrk 

 cinereis, inti\s cano lavatis. Long. tot. 7-2, culmen 0-75, alse 5*2, caudae 2-8, tarsi 0-6. 



$ ad. mari similis : pileo brunnescentiore, vix cucuUato. Long. tot. 6'2, alse 5-15, caudte 2-7, 

 tarsi 0*65. 



Hah. New Caledonia (^Forster^ ; Loyalty Islands (JVhitmee^; Api, 

 New Hebrides (^AJurray). 



