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AETAMUS Si: F Kit CI LI 08 US (Gould). 



WHITE-E YEBRO WED WOOD SWALLO W 



THE Artamus Superciliosus frequents the interior of New South Wales and the southern part of 

 Queensland. It is much more timid and shy in disposition than Artamus Sordidus, and 

 shows a preference for the topmost branches of lofty trees, which it scarcely ever leaves, except 

 to capture insects. 



The nest, which is composed of small sticks, roots, and bark, is placed in the fork of a 

 tree, at a considerable height from the ground. Either two or three eggs are laid, eleven lines in 

 length and eight and a-half lines in breadth. In colour they are dull-white, spotted, particularly at the 

 larger end, with dark brown. 



The male has the lores, ear-coverts, and chin, black ; throat, chest, and upper surface, blackish- 

 grey, tinged with blue; line above the eye, white; wings and tail, dark bluish-grey, the tail tipped 

 with white ; under surface, dark chestnut ; irides, dark brown ; bill, legs, and feet, bluish-grey. The 

 female has the throat grey ; the under surface, light chestnut ; and has only a trace of the white 

 above the eye. 



Habitats : Interior of New South Wales and Queensland. 



AETAMUS PERSONATUS (Gould). 



MASKED WOOD SWALLOW. 



THE distinctive feature of this species is the black face, surrounded by white, which at once attracts 

 the attention of an observer. It is found in South Australia and Western Australia, 



In habits it is very much the same as Artamus Superciliosus, but in some places constructs 

 a nest on the ground, instead of on a branch of a tree. 



In the number and colour of the eggs it does not differ from A.tamus Superciliosus. 



The male has the throat, ear-coverts, head and face, black, bounded by a line of pure white: 

 the upper surface, wings and tail, dark grey, the tail tipped with white ; under surface, light grey : 

 irides, reddish-brown ; bill, legs, and feet, bluish-grey. 



The female differs in having the face grey instead of black. 



Habitats : South Australia and Western Australia. 



