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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



2. Corcorax. C. niela}ior}iaviphus. 



3. HeteralocJia. H. gouhii. 



4. St7'epera. S. gmculina. 



S. fugilinosa. 

 S. arguta. 



5. GytiinorJiina. G. lenconota. 



G. organica. 

 G. tibicen. 

 G. Barita. />. destructor. 



White-winged 



Chough. 

 Huia Bird. 

 Pied Crow Shrike. 

 Sooty Crow Shrike. 

 Hill Crow Shrike. 

 White-backed Piping 



Crow. 

 Tasmanian Piping 



Crow. 

 Black-backed Piping 



Crow. 

 Long-billed Butcher 



Crow. 



PiPiN'u Crow. — One of the "common objects" of the 

 Australian bush, and a veiy delightful one, for his 

 cheery notes always announce the vicinity of water, a 

 treasure that is only rightly appreciated by those who 

 have wandered in weary search of it for many long hours 

 under a burning sun. The general colour is black and 

 white ; the bill has a bluish tinge, and is decidedly corvine 

 in appearance. Male and female are very much alike, and 

 their food consists of insects of all kinds, and small reptiles, 

 of which they consume an enormous quantity. 



The magpie, as the bird is called by the colonists, is 

 readily tamed, learns to talk very well, and to pipe tunes 

 in a surprisingly correct manner ; it will live on ordinary 

 house scraps for years, and become so tame that it may be 

 accustomed to go out and return at a given signal. 



Pied Crow Shrike. — Very like the magpie in general 

 appearance, but has less white on its plumage, which 

 s black, with metallic reflections on the head and breast; 

 the long broad tail is crossed at its upper part by 



