AND ITS GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIB UTION. 191 



7. Artamus fuscus. 



Artamusfuscus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xvii. p. 297 (1817) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 285 

 (1845) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 299 (1846) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. &e. Nepal Coll. Hodgs- 

 p. 98 (1846) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 199 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 344 (1850) ; 

 Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 161 (1854) ; Cass, in Perry^s Exped. Japan, 

 Birds, p. 238 (1856) ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 151; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 441. no. 287 

 (1862) ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 287; Beavau, P.Z. S. 1865, p. 692; Gray, Hand-1. 

 B. i. p. 289. no. 4270 (1869) ; Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 100 ; Swinh. Ibis, 

 1870, p. 247; id. P.Z. S. 1871, p. 377; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 440; Ball, Str. F. 

 1874, p. 403; id. Str. F. 1875, p. 291 ; Hume, torn. eit. p. 102; id. Nests & Eggs 

 Ind. B. p. 194 (1875) ; Blyth & Wald. B. Bum. p. 126 (1875) ; Armstrong, Str. F. 

 1876, p. 321 ; Hume, torn. eit. p. 458, & 1877, p. 30 ; Da\dd & Oustalet, Ois. Chine, 

 p. 101 (1877). 



Ocypterus rufiventer, Valenc. Ann. Mus. vi. p. 25, pi. vii. fig. 1 (1820). 



Leptopteryx rufiventer, Wagler, Syst. Av. Leptopteryx, sp. 3 (1827). 



Artamus leucorhynchos, M'Clell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 158 (nee L.). 



Ocypterus leucorynchus , Jerd. (nee L.), Madr. Journ. x. p. 237 (1839). 



Ad. supra sordide brunneus, supracaudalibus grisescenti-albis faseiam transversam angustam 

 formantibus : pileo colloque undique elare cinereis : linea angustissima frontal! lorisque 

 nigrieantibus : mento summo et genis antieis etiam nigro adumbratis : eorpore reliquo 

 subtiis pallide vinaceo-einerascente, subcaudalibus albicantibus : subalaribus albis, ala sordide 

 schistacea, remigibus nigricantioribus : cauda nigra sordide albido terminata : rostro pulchre 

 pallide cyaneo, apicaliter brunnescente : pedibus schistaceo-cinereis, unguibus saturate 

 ' cornels : palpebris cinereis : iride saturate brunne^*. Long. tot. 6"3, culmen 0'8, alae 5'3, 

 caudse 2"3, tarsi 0"65. 



Hah. India generally and Ceylon {Jerdon) ; Nepal QHodgson) ; Assam 

 (Jerdon) ; Arakan (^Blyth) ; Tipperah (^Irwin) ; Khasi hills (^Godwin- Austen) ; 

 Burmah (^Blytli) ; Tonghoo and Karen hills QVardlaw Ramsay) ; Upper Pegu 

 (^Oates) ; Siam (^Schomhurgk) ; Cochin China (^David 8^- Oustalet) ; S. Hainan 

 QSwinhoe) ; Macao (Perry). 



A more detailed account of the geographical distribution of the Indian 

 Wood-Swallow may be gathered from the writings of Jerdon and Hume. 



* In adding the soft parts of the species of Artamus, I have taken the best field-notes I could 

 find. In the above instance the colours are derived from Mr. Oates's observations ; and he adds : — 

 " Inside of the mouth black in some, bright yellow in others. I have not yet discovered the reason 

 of this." 



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