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wing primaries were giving way to the black quills in order from 
the first; the earthy plumes of the remaining parts of the body 
were making poo for the blacks; abdomen and lower tail coverts 
were already white. 
Gould proved P. un to moult its “ reds" annually. An 
supply shows out almost patch for patch in P. phen i in 
zen Mint 36/1/1900. described Roy. Soc. of V e 
song of this species is clear and strong, like "p. leggii, but | is much 
sweeter and of a different setting. 
ARTAMUS PERSONATUS, Gould. 
Artamus personatus, Gould, Bds. Austr., fol. vol. IT., pl. 31; 
Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat., Bds., vol. XTIL, p. 16; Hall, a Key to 
a R 48. 
Immature skin, female, 24/11/98. The mask is not so well 
defined as in adult rums pua the outer borders of the primaries 
are edged with light-bro 
; his species, like Pora cor onoides, places outposts as an act of 
prevention when bellicose birds are in thə neighbourhood. They 
change their sentinels ati eo £ "t log e always sure to have 
m concerning A. superciliosus. In this case the 
enemy seemed specially to be the White-backed Crow-shrike 
(C. leuconota). 
ARTAMUS SORDIDUS, Latham. 
Artamus pex Gould, Bds. Austr. fol vol IL, pl 27; 
Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus, vol. XIIL., p. 19; Hall, «a Key to 
the Birds of Austr." p. 4 
a. Skin, female, 146/98. No white in third primary—indi- 
cates not quite mature. Second primary lon st. 
h 
b. Skin, ee male, 10/12/96. T pper and under 
surfaces brown, ked and spotted with dusky white, much 
stronger on the ings deep slate, second and third 
seit late brown. Tout of wing, 3-1 ins.; culmen, d idi: 
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