50 



10. PHYSOCORAX. 



Physocorax, Bp. C. H. xxxviii. p. Sl'9 



Banje. Confined to Xew Caledonia. 



Type. 

 P. moneduloides. 



1. Physocorax moneduloides. (Plate I.) 



Corvus moneduloides, Less. Trciite, p. .329; Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, 

 p. 163 : id. B. Trap. Isl. Tacific Ocean, p. 24 ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. 



Physocorax moneduloides, Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 829; Terr, et Ues 

 Murs, Rev. et May. de Zoul. 1800, p. 432. 



Adult. General colour purplish black, of a silky texture, including 

 the wings and tail, the outer primaries and tail-feathers being glossed 

 ■with green ; head and neck all round greenish black, gradually 

 shading off on the latter to the silky purplish black of the upper 

 surface ; bill and legs black ; iris grey. Total length 15 inches, 

 culmcn 1-95, wing 10-5, tail 7-9, tarsus 2-05. 



Ohs. The male is one third larger than the female. ( Verreaux and 

 Des Murs.) 



Hah. New Caledonia. 



a. Ad. St. 



New Caledonia. 



M. Verreaux. 



11. GYMNOCORAX. 



Type. 



Gymnocorvus, Less. Traite, p. -327 (1831) G. senex. 



Gymnocorax, Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 44 G. senex. 



Head of adult, to show bare face. 

 Range. Confined to New Guinea. 



1. Gymnocorax'senex. 



Corvus senex, Less. Voy. Coquille, Ois. p. 6.50, pi. 24; Schl. Mus. 



P.-B. Coraces, p. 36. 

 Gymnocorvus tristis, Less. Traite, p. 327. 

 Gymnocorvus senex, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 31o ; Bp. Consp. i. p. -387 ; 



Gray, Cat. Mamm. ^-c. N. Guin. p. 35 ; id. Hand-l. B. ii. p. 14. 

 Gvmnocorax senex, Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 44. 



