58 coRviD-i:. 



Cracticus strepenis, Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. pi. 109 : Vig. Sc Horsf. Tr. 



Linn. Soc. xv. p. 291. 

 Corouica strepera, Gould, Si/n. B. Aiistr. part 1. 

 Strepera aTaculina, Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, p. 60; Gould, B. Austr. 



ii. pi. 42 ; Grw/, Gm. B. ii. p. 302 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. 



p. 105; Cab. Mus. Hein. Tb. i. p. 227; Goidd, Handb. B. Austr. 



i. p. 168 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 1. 

 Cracticus gvaculinus, Schl. Mus. F.-B. Coraces, p. 124. 



Adult. General colour glossy black ; tail black, the basal third of 

 the feathers white, forming a broad band across the base of the tail, 

 the feathers also tipped with white, which extends rather further 

 up the inner web than the outer one ; wing black, with a very large 

 white alar speculum, formed by the bases of the primaries being 

 white ; under surface of body black, the under tail-coverts white ; 

 bill and feet black ; iris beautiful yellow. Total length 18-5 inches, 

 culmen 2-5, wing 11-2, tail 8-9, tarsus 245. 



Obs. A Queensland specimen is decidedly smaller in every respect, 

 and has a clearer shade of grey on the underparts. All the mark- 

 ings, however, are similar to those of a male specimen from New 

 South Wales ; and the probability is that the bird in question is a fe- 

 male. 'Mt. Gould informs us that the sexes are " similar in plumage, 

 but that the female is always a trifle less in all her admeasurements, 

 and the young birds have the corners of the mouth more fleshy and 

 of a brighter yellow than the adults." The following are the di- 

 mensions of the two specimens in question :— 



a. cJ ad. New South Wales , 



6. [ 9 ] ad. Queensland 16*5 



Hab. Australia. 



a. Ad. st. Australia. 



b. (5ad.sk. Brisbane Water, New South Voyage of the 'Rattle- 



Wales, Aug. 1847 (/. 3Iac- snake.' 

 (/illirrai/). 



c. Ad. sk. Queensland. Purchased. 



d. e. Skeletons. Zoological Society. 



2. Strepera crissalis. (Plate II.) 



Strepera crissalis, Gould, MS. 



Adult male. General colour black, with a slight gloss ; under sur- 

 face of body blackish, slightly glossed with grey, especially on the 

 abdomen ; upper and under wing-coverts black ; quills also black, 

 with broad whitish bases, especially to the primaries, where they 

 form a large alar speculum ; under tail-coverts buffy white, the 

 longer ones pale rufous ; tail black, with a broad basal band of pale 

 rufous, all the feathers tipped with white, broadly on the inner 

 web, and more narrowly on the outer. Total length 16-5 inches, 

 culmen 2-45, wing 9-4, tail 7'6, tarsus 2. 



