AND ITS GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 195 



Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 344 (1850) ; Reichenb. Vog. Neuholl. p. 170 (1848) ; Cab. Mus. 

 Hein. i. p. 208 (1850) ; Gould, Haudb. B. Austr. i. p. 150 (1865); Pelz. Reis. Novara, 

 Vog. p. 82 (1865) ; Gray, Haud-1. B. i. p. 289. no. 4277 (1869). 



6 ad. supr^, saturate schistaceus, dorso postico et uropygio magis canescentibus : tectricibus alarum 

 dorso concoloribus : remigibus nigricanti-schistaceis anguste albo apicaliter limbatis, omnibus 

 subterminaliter conspicue cano adumbratis : rectricibus canis albo terminatis fasciam latam 

 formantibus : fronte lorisque, facie laterali tota et gula nigris, vertiee quoque nigro adum- 

 brato : corpore reliquo subtxis cinerascente, torque guttui'ali indistincta a regione postauri- 

 culari ducta : tibiis einerascentibus : subalaribus et axillaribus albis : remigibus subliis 

 cinereis, versiis apicem nigricantibus, intiis basaliter albis : rostro cyanescente, apicaliter 

 nigro : pedibus lactescenti-plumbeis : iride nigricanti-brunnea. Long. tot. 7"2, culmen 0'75, 

 alfe 4-9, caudse 3"15, tarsi 0'8. 



$ ad. mari similis sed sordidior : dorso alisque brunnescentioribus : subtiis brunnescenti-cinerascens, 

 torque gutturali indistincta cinerefi : facie laterali gulaque sordide schistaceis. Long. tot. 7, 

 culmen 0'75, alse 4*85^ caudse 3'05, tarsi 0'75. 



Hab. Australia. 



Mr. Gould observes : — " My knowledge of the range of this species is 

 very limited. A single specimen w^as sent me from South Australia ; while 

 fine examples were killed by Gilbert in the colony of Swan River." 



Mr. Ramsay has the following list of localities : — " Wide-Bay district : 

 Richmond- and Clarence-River districts : N. S. Wales : Victoria : South 

 Australia : West Australia." 



Spec, in Mus. Brit. 



a, b, d , $ ad. South Australia {Sir George Grey), c, S ad. West Australia (/. Gould), d, 2 ad. 

 Between the Avon and Salt Rivers^ W. Australia (/. Gould), c, d. Central Australia {Capt. 



Sturt) . 



10. ArTAMUS CINEREUS. 



Artamius cinereus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xvii. p. 297 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 285 (1845) ; 

 Gould, B, Austr. folio, ii. pi. 29 (1848) ; Reichenb. Vog. Neuholl. p. 168 (1848) ; Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 344 (1850) ; Gould, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 233 ; id. Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 147 

 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 289 (1869) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 584. 



Ocypterus cinereus, Valenc. Mem. Mus. vi. p. 22, pi. is. fig. 2 (1820). 



Leptopteryx cinerea, Wagler, Syst. Av. Leptopieryx, sp. 4 (1827). 



