Collection of Birds from Western Australia . 673 
Adult . Iris dark brown; bill greyish-blue, blackish at the 
tip; legs bluish-slate-colour. 
Immature. Bill pinkish-olive, tinged on the sides and at 
the gape with yellow. 
Mr. Ingram has described a form from the Alexandra 
Station which he calls Artamus florencice. It is said to be 
paler and more ashy [cf. Bull. B. O.C. xvi. p. 115 (1906)]. 
[The Black-faced Wood-Swallow was plentiful; it is 
gregarious and migratory in its habits.— G. C. &.] 
Artamus tenebrosus (Lath.). 
Artamus tenebrosus Math. p. 81. 
a-f. A ? et juv. King River, 12th Dec.-lOth Jan. 
g. $ imm. Chockerup, 22nd Jan. 
h. $ . Big Grove, 2nd May. 
i. k. A • Barker’s Range, 7th Aug. 
/, m. d • Kurrawang, 2nd & 12th Sept. 
n. Ad. Avon River, 13th Jan. 06. 
Iris dark brown; bill pale blue, indigo-black at the tip; 
legs slate-blue. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 7-7*5 inches. 
[This Wood-Swallow was gregarious, and the most 
plentiful species in the south-west. It is apparently only 
partly migratory, and is widely distributed throughout the 
central divisions.— G. C. >8.] 
Stipiturus malacurus Shaw. 
Stipiturus malachurus Math. p. 79. 
a, b. $ et juv. Checker up, 24th Jan. 
c-h. S ? * Rig Grove, 9th March-23rd April. 
Iris dark brown or hazel ; bill blackish-brown, paler at 
the gape; legs brown. 
Total length, measured in the flesh, 6-8J inches. 
The birds collected by Mr. Shortridge in Western and 
South-western Australia, between the months of January 
and April, have the feathers of the mantle edged with gray, 
with a very small admixture of yellowish or buff, while the 
rufous on the forehead and crown of male birds is much less 
pronounced. Specimens in the British Museum from 
