196 ON THE GENUS ARTAMUS 



c< ad. suprit bninneiiSj pileo vix pallidiore : supcrcilio et regionc parotica pallidioribus brunneis : 

 corporc subtus cincrasccnti-brunneo : frontc angusta, loris, palpebruj gcnis et regionc 

 paroticil antica. gulaque nigricantibus : ala tota sordide cinerea, phimis cxtus angustissime 

 pallidioribus : dorso imo et sujiracaudalibus nigris : rectricibus duabus ccntralibus nigris, 

 reliquis nigris lat^ albo terminatis : erisso et subeaudalibus nigricantibus, his albo terminatis : 

 tibiis extus albis, intiis nigricantibus : subalaribus et axillaribus et remigibus intus albis : rostro 

 pallid^ grisescenti-cyaneo, apicaliter nigro : pedibus virescenti-plumbeis : iride nigricanti- 

 bruiinea. Long. tot. 7'5, culmen 0'7o, alse 4'95, eaudae 3"0j tarsi 0'85. 



? baud a mari distinguenda. 



HaJ). Australia. 



"In Western Australia," writes Mr. Gould, "it is a very local but by 

 no means an uncommon species, particularly at Swan River, where it inhabits 

 the limestone hills near the coast and the ' Clear Hills ' of the interior." 



Mr. Ramsay gives " West Australia " and " Port Darling and Port 

 Essington " as the habitat of the species. 



Spec, in Mus. Brit. 



a, b, ad. South Australia {Sir T. Mitchell). c. Central Australia [Capt. Sturt). d, juv. West 

 Australia (/. Gould). 



11. Artamus albiventris. 



Artamus albiventris, Gould, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 31 ; id. B. Austr. foUo. ii. pi. 30 (1848) ; Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 344 (1850) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 149 (1865) ; Eamsay, P. Z. S. 

 1868, p. 383 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 289. no. 4276 (1869) ; Masters, Proc. Liun. Soc. 

 N. S. W. i. p. 48 (1877) ; Castebiau & Ramsay, torn. cit. p. 380 (1877). 



A. similis A. cinereo, sed subeaudalibus albis distinguendus : rostro flavicanti-comeo, apicaliter 

 nigro : pedibus nigricanti-brunneis. 



Hah. Australia. 



" Two examples of this species are all that have come under my notice : 

 one of these was killed on the Darling Downs, in New South Wales ; and the 



