Australian Birds in the Collection of the Linnean Society. 965 
- Rostrum pallidum. Pedes fusci. Longitudo corporis, 12 ; 
ale a carpo ad remigem ec. 6; ; rostri ad frontem, 
43, ad rictum, 144; ; caude, 42; tarsi, 2. 
Varied Roller. Lath. Gen. Bs iii. p. 86. no. 17. 
In honorem Viri in scientià illustrissimi Jacont Epovanpi 
SMITH, Equitis Aurati, Societatis Linneane Pu xsiDis, 
Zoologie patroni liberalissimi, hec speciosissima avis nomi- 
natur. 
This species does not possess the velvet-like covering to the 
nares which is so conspicuous in the preceding species of Ptilo- 
norhynchus. In its other characters, however, it sufficiently 
accords with the group; and by the deficiency in the covering 
of the base of the bill may be looked upon as forming the pas- 
sage to the Rollers of Linnæus from the genus before us. The 
specimen in the Linnean collection was met with by Mr. Brown 
at Watham's River, November 1804. 
‘ T Ee 
Se LCR bem am 
ne so Mee 
i. LEvcoPrERUs. Freg. corpore rostro Mn nigris, remi- 
gum pogoniis internis fasciá albá in medio notatis. 
Pyrrhocorax leucopterus. Temm. Manuel, p. 121. 
The tail in this species of Fregilus is somewhat more elon- 
gated than in the typical species, and is also rounded at the 
end. The bill, wings and legs, however, sufficiently accord 
with the group, which is at present too toten to call for or 
admit of separation. 
** This bird," Mr. Caley observes in his Notes, “ is called 
Waybung' by the natives. "They tell me it begins its nest by 
laying two sticks in a parallel manner; it then builds it up 
with mud or clay, and lines it with a few feathers. It is gre- 
garious, and seems to prefer elevated situations, or such as 
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