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THE BIKDS OP ATJSTEALIA 



Rump and upper tail-coverts black (dark brown in 

 A. tenebrosus). 



1. Under surface asliy grey, chin black. 



a. Narrow blackish frontal line, throat blackish. 



Under tail-coverts black, Tiroadly margined 



with white. 

 Under tail-coverts white. 

 Under tail-coverts black, narrowly edged with 



white. 



b. No black frontal line, throat not black. 



2. Under surface dull brown, chin scarcely darker. 



Under wing-coverts white. Larger, 7 inches. 

 Under wing-coverts fawn-coloured. Smaller, 5.9 

 inches. 



cmereus. 

 hypoleucus. 



melanops. 

 venustus. 



A. tenebrosus. 



White-browed Wood-Swallow : 

 Artamus superciliosus. 



Anstralian Museum.. 

 Masked Wood-Swallow; 

 A. personatus. 



The White-rumped Wood-Swallow, A. leucogaster. — The Andamans, Malay 

 Archipelago, to New Guinea and Australia generally. Head and 

 neck ashy; back brown; wing dark slate colour; tail black; under 

 surfaces white. Total length 7.5 inches, culmen .8, wing 5.35, tail 

 2.55, tarsus .75. 



The White-browed Wood-Swallow, A. superciliosm. — Southern and Eastern 

 Australia, not in North or "West. Head and back slaty-grey; lores, 

 sides of face and throat slaty-black; a broad white eyebrow; wing 

 quills tipped with black; tail feathers with white; under surfaces 

 behind throat vinous chestnut. Total length 7.5 inches, culmen .75, 

 wing 5.05, tail 2.85, tarsus .8. 



