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bill among the colonists. It is also called Wood Swallow, as we 
find in Mr. Caley's notes. That gentleman further adds :—< I 
have occasionally seen as many of these birds flying about in 
. some places as I ever did Swallows, which they closely imitate 
in their mode of flight. This occurred where the ground had 
been cleared and abandoned. Their resting places were on 
the stumps of trees which had been felled. I do not think 
them migratory: if they are so, they depart for no great ` 
length of time."—4A specimen in the collection was obtained by. 
Mr. Brown at. King George's Sound. 
2. CINEREUS. Art. supernè canus subtus albidus ; fascid fron- 
tali gularique, uropygio, crisso, caudáque atris, hác apice 
albo. 
Ocypterus cinereus. Valenciennes, Mém. du Mus. d' Hist. Nat. 
tom. vi. p. 22. no. 2. 
All the specimens of this species. in the collection were pro- 
y Mr. yn at Droz aes sound, September. 1802. 
| eos Dios avd. Vicit. (Edolius. Cun.) 
1. BarrcassiUs. D. virescenti-ater, rectricibus primis extrorsüm 
inclinantibus. 
Corvus balicassius. Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 157. : 
Monedula Philippensis. Briss. Orn. ii. p. 31. no. 9. pl. 2. f. 1. 
Le Choucas des Philippines. Pl. Enl. 603. 
Le Drongup. Le Vaill. Ois. d' Afr. pl. 173. 
We consider our bird to be the same as the species above 
referred to, with which it agrees in its most essential particulars, 
although it does not exhibit the green metallic lustre which is 
described as alternating with the black of that species. The bird 
in the Society's collection may be a young bird or a female, and 
thus may not show the same splendour in its colours. The spe- 
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