194 ON THE GENUS ARTAMUS 



vinascenti-castaneo : tibiis clare cinereis : su})alaribus albis, margine alari schistaceo : 

 remigibus subtus pallide cineraceis intus canis : rostro cyanescente, apicaliter nigro : pedibus 

 saturate plumbeis : iride nigiicante. Long. tot. 7-5, culmen 075, alaj 5'05, caudse 2-85, 

 tarsi 0'8. 



? ad. mari similis sed palKdior : dorso magis brunnescente, et capite scbistaceo nee nigricante : 

 • corpore subtus pallidiore vinaceo, et gutture toto schistaceo distinguenda. Long, alae 4*75, 

 caudte 2'8, tarsi 0"8. 



Juv. adultis dissimilis : cinerascens, plumis omnibus anguste albo striolatis : remigibus albo termi- 

 natis : rectricibus vix albo apicatis : loris et regioue parotica fuscescenti-schistaccis : corpore 

 subtus cinerascente, plumis albido striolatis, abdomine fusco marmorato, plumis hoc colore 

 limbatis. 



Hab. Australia. 



Mr. Gould gives the following note on the range of this species : — 

 " I am unable to say what is the extent of its range ; but I am induced 

 to believe that it is confined to Australia, and that in all probability it 

 seldom leaves the interior of the country — the extreme limits of the colony 

 of New South Wales, particularly those which border the extensive plains, 

 being the only parts where it has yet been observed. I first met with it at 

 Yarrundi, on Dartbrook, a tributary of the Hunter, where it w^as thinly 

 dispersed among the trees growing on the stony ridges bordering the flats." 

 Mr. Ramsay's list of localities are the following : — " Wide-Bay district ; 

 Clarence-and-Richmond- Rivers district ; New S. Wales ; Interior ; Victoria ; 

 South Australia." 



Spec, in Mus. Brit. 



a, b, d, ?. S. Australia {Sir G. Grey). c,d,d,2. Australia {Sir T. Mitchell), e, $ ad. Sydney, 

 N. S. W., November 1876 {Sydney Museum). /, 6 ad., g, $ juv. Homebush, N. S. W., 

 January 1877 {Sydney Museum), h, 6 ad. Bankstown, N. S. W., December 1876 {Sydney 

 Museum). 



9. Artamus personatus. 



Ocypterus personatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 149. 



Artamus personatus, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 285 (1845) ; Gould, B. Austr. folio, ii. pi. 31 (1848) 



