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Artamus sordidus {Lath.). 



Artamus sordidua, Gould, Sandb. Birds Austr. i. p. 143 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 42, pi. viii. fig;. 14 (1889) ; Sharps, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 19(1890); NeJirh. Kat. MersammL-p. 120 

 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 471, pi. 15 (1901) ; 

 Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 262. 



The eggs of the Common Australian Wood-Swallow are mostly 

 of a broad, pointed, oval shape and slightly glossy. They are 

 cream-colour or pale stone-colour, spotted and blotched with deep 

 umber-brown and dark lavender-grey. The markings usually form 

 a broad but very irregular zone round the broad end and are very 

 sparse elsewhere. Specimens measure from "82 to '93 in length, 

 and from '64 to •? in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 

 4. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. Near Adelaide. E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



1. 1aam.s,ma.{J.Gould: Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Albert Park, Melbourne, 31st Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. North). 



3. Canterbury, N.S.W., 10th Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{A. J. N). 

 1. Dobroyde, N.S.W. [E. P. Ramsay : Crowley Bequest. 

 Tristram Coll.). 



Artamus minor, Vietll. 



Artamus minor, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 146 (1865) ; Ramsay, 

 Pi-oo. Linn. Sac. N.S. W. vii. p. 407, pi. 3. figs. 9, 10 (1882) ; North, 

 Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 47 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 20 ((1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 120 (1899) ; Campbell, 

 Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 474 (1901) : Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. 

 p. 262 (1903). 



The eggs of the Little Swallow-Shrike are of a rather broad oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are of a white or creamy-white 

 colour, spotted and blotched, most densely at the broad end, with 

 pale umber-brown and lavender. Six examples measure from "67 

 to "76 in length, and from -51 to -59 in breadth. 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, 2nd Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{North Coll.). 

 3. Bockhampton, Queensland, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{North Coll.). 



