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do not appear to be migratory. To the best of my recollection 
I have never missed them." 
2. Varius. Cr. niger; torque nuchali, ptilis, pteromatum strigá 
longitudinali, dorso imo, uropygio, abdomine, crisso, rectricum- 
que lateralium apicibus albis. 
Coracias varia. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 173. no. 22. 
Cassican de la Nouvelle Guinée. Pl. Enl. 628. 
Pied Roller. Lath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 86. no. 24. 
The specimen in the Society's collection was found by 
Mr. Brown at Keppel's Bay, in August 1802. 
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3. SrREPERUs. Cr. niger; maculá alarum, crisso, caudæque basi 
apiceque albis. 
Coracias strepera. Lath. Ind. Orn. 173. no. 21. 
. Corvus streperus. Leach, Zool. Misc. vol. ii. pl. 86. 
White-vented Crow. Whites Journ. pl. in p.251. —— 
Grand Calybé. Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. $c.pl.24. 
Le Cassican reveilleur. Vieill. Gal. des Ois. pl. 109. 
« This bird," says Mr. Caley, “is called by the colonists 
Hircine Magpie. It is very good eating, except the hinder 
parts, which have a strong goatish smell. It is gregarious. I 
have known large flocks of these birds come occasionally into 
the small trees (Gum-wattle) about Government House and 
elsewhere, and hop about from tree to tree until driven away 
by being fired at. They may also be seen in large flocks on 
the new-sown wheat, particularly in the depth of winter.” 
Genus. Corvus. Linn. et Auct. 
1. Conoxorpzs. Core. totus niger subcærulescens, rostro sub- 
elongato. 
Rostrum 
