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217. Oriolus flavocinctus flavocinctus (Kiug). 



Minutes Jtafociiiotiis King, Snrnei/ Jiitertniji. Cuasis Audraliu, ii. p. 419 (182 - ''. : N. Australia). 



5 ad., Bnrnndie, Northern Territory, 28. vii. l'Jo2 (N'o. R. 012j. 



6 iid., Mary Kiver, Northern Territory, 14. ix. VMZ (No. 723). 



Si, 4 ? ?, On, and near. Alligator River, October 1902, May, Jnne, 

 September l'.)03 (Nos. 722, 724, 13US to 1312, lGo4, IG.jg, 1050). 



218. Oriolus viridis affinis GuuM. 



Oriolus affiitU Gould, B. Aiistr. i. Intro, p. liii. 



S, Behu River, East Kimberley, 30. v. 1902 (No. U. 414). " Iris pink, feet 

 dull leaden blue, bill reddish brown." 



S, Eureka, Northern Territory, 12. i. 1903 (No. lull). 



cJ?, 25 miles east of South Alligator River, June, August 1003 (Nos. 1272, 

 1547). 



210. Sphecotheres flaviventris Guuld. 



Sjjliecutheres flcn-lrentrii Gou\d, P.Z.S. 184'J. p. HI (Cape York). 



c? ad., McKinley River, Northern Territory, 20. ix. lOov! (No. 72-")). 



c? juv., ?, Mary River, Northern Territory, 2. x. 1902 (Nos. 710, 720). 



2 c? ad., 2 (J jnv., Eureka, Northern Territorj-, February, March 1903 (Nos. 

 1064, 1005, 1072, 1073). 



2 (J ad., 1 c? juv., 2 ? ?, Alligator River, October 1902, September, October 

 1003 (Nos. 718, 722, 1055, 1050, 1057). 



220. Corvus coronoides Vig. & Horsf. 



Corvun cui-ijwiiih'.'i Vig. & Horsf. Traiu. Linn. Sue. Lund. xv. 1827, p. 2G1 (Australia). 



2 cJcJ; 2 ? ?, South Alligator River, April, May, Jnne 19U3 (Xos. l;!4ii, 1342, 

 1343, 1344). 



Mr. Tuuney marked the iris as being white in three of these specimens. In 

 the fourth (No. 1343), which is evidently a young bird, the iris is marked as being 

 brown. These statements do not agree with Mr. North's theory. Mr. North 

 recognises three Australian species of i.'orci.m : — 



1. Corvus coronoich's : with white bases to the feathers, and brown iris. 



2. Corvus bennetti : of much smaller size than C. coronoides, with white bases 

 to the feathers, and white iris. 



3. ' 'orcas iiiisfralis : of large size, with dusky grey bases to the feathers, and 

 white iris. 



Our birds from the Alligator River are certainly not C. amtralis, nor are 

 they C. beiinelti. They agree with the birds called C. coronoides, but the iris 

 of the adult ones is, according to Mr. Tanney, white. The same statements of 

 the iris, in adnlt birds, being white, occurs on labels of crows, collected by 

 Mr. Tom Carter at Point Cloates. Our Australian friends must find out whether 

 C. coronoides, when fully adult, has a white iris, or whether the ^.W. Australian 

 bu'ds ditl'er in that respect from typical C. coronoides. 



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