XESrS AXD EGGS OF AV STKALIAN BIRDS. 



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G'l/tiiiuir/iiiKi (/(irsdiis. Adult iiialc.^ — Reseuibles most tlic male of 

 G. ItUfonulu, but is smaller in size, bill narrower, more curved and longer, 

 edge of wiiigs slightly mottled instead of white, and the black terminal 

 band of the tail narrower and more concentric in form. Bill, bluish- 

 white, graduating through bluish horn-colour into bluish-black at the 

 tip ; iridcs, hazel ; legs, black. Adult female.* — Resembles female of 

 G. Itiirnniita, with a much darker (grey) back, and has the black 

 portions of the plumage, especially the under surface and primaries, 

 browner in tone. Young. — Male, resembles the adult female, but with 

 a still darker baek. Female, has brownish-black or almost black back. 



Gymuiirhina hyiierleuca. Adult male. — Glossy bluish-black or 

 glossy black, except nape, hind neck, back, upper and under wing coverts, 

 tail (except the temiinal band and outer web of either of the outermost 

 feathers) and vent, white ; edge of wing, white mottled with black ; bill, 

 bluish horn colour gi-aduating intO' black at the tip ; irides, clear or bright 

 hazel ; legs, black. Adult female. — Differs in having the hind neck and 

 back groy, and the primaries and terminal band of the t-ail brownish- 

 black. 



Comparative dimensions in inches. 



241. Cu.'VCTICL-S QUOYI, Lcssou. (98) 



BLACK BUTCHER BIRD. 



Figure. — Gould : Birds of Australia, fol , vol ii , pi 53 

 Reference. — Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. viii., p. 94. 



Previous Description of Eggs. — Cs.mx)he\\. Read. Roy Soc Victoria (1895) ; 

 Published, Wombat (1897). 



Geographical Distribution. — Northern Territoi-y and North Queens- 

 land ; also New Guinea and adjacent islands — Waigiou, Aru, and 

 Salwatti. 



See footnote, p. 297. 



