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F. 128. Vireonidae, Vlreos, Greenlets, 112 sp.— 24(7)Nc., 
105(88)N1. 
F. 129. Ampelidae, Waxwings, Cedar-Bird, 10 sp. — 1(0)0., 
2(0)P., 3(0)Nc., 7(5)N1. 
F. 130. ART AMID AE (12), WOOD-SWALLOWS, Swallow- 
Shrikes, 17 sp.— 15(14)A., 2(1)0., 1(1)E. 
9 310 Whlte-rumped Wood-Swallow (Swallow - Shrike), 
16 Artamus leucogaster, Andaman Is., Mai. Arch., 
Papuan Is., A. Mig. r. timl)er 7.4 
Head, neck grayish-black; back brown; tail, wing-quills 
black; rump, breast, abdomen white; f., sim. Insects. 
Plaintive note. a , 
311* White-browed Wood-Swallow, Summer-Bird, Martin 
(e), A. superciliosus, E.A., S.A., N.W.A. 
Mig. v.c. timher 8 
Slaty-gray; white eyebrow; abdomen rich chestnut; tail 
tipped white; f., faint white eyebrow. Insects, honey. 
"Sweet, clear whistling note." 
312*Masked Wood-Swallow, Bush (Blue) Martin (e), A. j\j 
personatus, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., W.A., N.W.A. tX/^ 
Mig. c. timber 
Dark-gray upper; pure white edge to let-black throat kj^^^^xX 
patch; under gray; tail tipped white; f., duller. In- 
sects. / ^^jr^ 
313* Wood-Swallow (Sordid, Dusky), Jacky-Martin, Mar- 
tin (e), A. tenehrosus. A., T., Bass St. Is. Mr/^ 
Part-Mig. v.c. timber 7.3l 
Smoky vinous-gray; wing-qullls black; white line in edge 
of wing; tail tipped white; bill blue tipped black; f., 
sim. Insects. 
F. 181. Yangidae, 12 sp. E. (Madagascar). 
is partly migratory, and lives in small companies. Most towns 
in Southern Australia have a company of these birds in the 
neighborhood. One such company lives in the Domain, near the 
entrance to the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. 
These tame woodland birds, admirable in their graceful wheel- 
ing and floating flight, destroy numbers of destructive insects. 
Occasionally, a company has discovered that a good food supply 
can easily be obtained close to a beehive. Thus rarely they do 
a slight amount of harm, but the balance is overwhelmingly in 
their favor. 
Family 1 3 2 — Wood-Shrikes — contains two of the best known of 
Australian birds, for they are to be found about almost every 
town and city, as well as in the country. The well-known Magpie- 
Lark has but one close cousin in the world, a New Guinea bird. 
Its mud nest is familiar to country boys. It is notable that, ex- 
cepting Swallows, only two other Australian birds build a mud 
nest. These birds, the Apostle-Bird and the White-winged 
Chough, are mentioned later. Its dainty, well-kept plumage ren- 
ders the Magpie-Lark one of the most graceful of birds. Its 
