THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Adult male. Crown of head and nape mouse-brown ; back and scapulars smoke-brown, 
becoming darker towards the rump ; wings dark slate-grey more or less tinged with 
smoke-brown on the coverts ; flight-quills broadly margined with isabelline on 
the inner webs, the tips dark brown with pale edges and black shafts ; rump, upper 
tail-coverts and tail black, the outer feathers of the latter broadly tipped with 
white, which is restricted to the inner web of the outermost feather on each side ; 
lores, eyelids, fore part of cheeks, and chin black, the feathers on the lores and 
chin have hair-like tips ; rictal bristles black \ throat and hinder face ash-grey, 
becoming darker on the breast, abdomen, and sides of the body ; lower flanks 
and thighs soot-brown ; under tail-coverts white like the axillaries and under 
wing-coverts ; under-surface of flight-quills silvery-grey ; lower aspect of tail 
similar to its upper-surface. Eyes black, feet slate, bill bluish-white, tip black. 
Total length 172 mm. ; culmen 15, wing 117, tail 65, tarsus 22. Figured. Collected 
at Normanton, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, on the 29th of November, 1913. 
Adult female. Similar to the adult male. 
Adult. Crown of head, hind-neck, sides of neck, back, and scapulars soot-brown ; wings 
dark slate-colour with pale edgings to the feathers ; inner webs of flight-quills 
inclining to vinous-grey on the margins ; rump, upper and under tail-coverts, 
thighs, and tail black with white tips to the feathers of the latter, except the outer- 
most, where the white pattern is restricted to the inner-web ; base of forehead, 
lores, and circle round the eye and chin black, most of the feathers bristly and 
hair-like, in addition to the rictal-bristles, which are also black ; ear-coverts similar 
to the crown of the head ; throat grey, becoming darker and more dusky-grey 
on the breast, abdomen, and sides of the body ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 
cream-white ; under-surface of flight-quills silvery-grey, becoming darker towards 
the tips ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. Bill bluish with black 
tip. Total length 207 mm. : culmen 17, wing 136, tail 75, tarsus 20. Figured. 
Collected at Rockingham , South of Perth, West Australia, and is the type of 
Artamus melano'ps tregellasi. 
The sexes are alike. 
Immature. Entire crown of head, from forehead to nape, dusky brown with ferrugineous 
shaft-] ines to the feathers ; mantle and back similar, but more coarsely marked 
and somewhat paler grey at the base of the feathers ; darker and inclining to black 
on the lower back, rump and short upper tail-coverts, the long series of the last 
soot-black ; upper-surface of the wings slate-grey with pale ferrugineous tips to the 
feathers and pale outer edges to the flight-quills, which increases in width at the 
base of the feathers and much more broadly on the inner webs towards the base ; 
tail black, the five lateral feathers on each side broadly tipped with white, which 
is slightly fringed with black ; lores, fore part of cheeks, rictal-bistles and chin 
black with pale shaft-lines on the last ; throat, hinder cheeks and sides of neck 
slate-grey more or less tinged with smoke-brown — more especially on the ear-coverts ; 
breast, abdomen and sides of body pale ferrugineous-brown with pale grey bases 
to the feathers, becoming darker on the lower flanks and thighs ; axillaries greyish- 
white ; under tail-coverts black ; under wing-coverts white ; under-surface of flight- 
quills silvery-grey becoming darker towards the tips ; lower aspect of tail similar 
to its upper-surface. Bill light pinkish -oliva ceius, yellowish at the sides and at the 
gape ; legs pale greenish-slate ; eyes dark brown. 
Artamus cinereus. Grey-Breasted Wood-Swallow. 
Eggs. Vary from three to six for a sitting ; four usually found. A clutch of four is slightly 
swollen oval in shape, ground colour very pale pinkish-white, spotted and blotched 
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