60 coKviD.?:. 



the two centre oues rery slightly, all the others vei'y broadly, the 

 •white apical spot wider on the inner web than on the outer ; wings 

 blackish brown, the primary-coverts narrowly tipped with white, the 

 quills blackish, also narrowly margined with white at the tip, the 

 primaries broadlj- white at the base ; bill and legs black. Total 

 length 20 inches, culmen 2-6, wing lO'l, tail 8-4, tarsus 2-6. 

 Hah. South Australia : Port Lincoln, &c. 



a. Ad. sk. Port Lincoln. J. Gould, Esq. [C."|. 



6. Ad. sk. Port Lincoln. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



5. Strepera cuneicandata. 



Cracticus cuneicauditus, Tifill. N. Diet, d'llint. Nat. v. p. 356 (1816). 



Barita anaphonensis, Temm. PL Col. teste to art. liarita (182-4). 



Strepera strepera, L:'Si. Traite, p. 330. 



Barita anaphonensis. Less. Traite, p. -340, pi. 47. fig. 1. 



Sti'epera versicolor, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 302. 



Gymnorhina anaphonensis, Gra;/, Gen. B. ii. p. 302. 



Strepera anaphonensis, Gould, B. Austr. ii. pi. 45 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 



3(38 ; Cab. Miis. Hein. Th. i. p. 227 ; Reich. Vot/. Neulwll. p. 237 ; 



Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 173; Graii, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 1. 

 Cracticus anaphonensis, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 123. 



Adult. Above brownish grey, clearer grey on the lower back and 

 rump ; the wing-coverts with indistinct tips of white ; quills blgck- 

 ish brown, externally edged with ashy white, inclining to pure 

 white on the secondaries, which have the tips also white, the pri- 

 maries having the inner web white for about half their length ; tail- 

 feathers blackish brown, broadly edged with grey, and tipped with 

 white at the extremity of each of the inner webs ; lores, feathers 

 round the eye, cheeks, ear-coverts, and chin much darker brown ; 

 rest of under surface ashy brown, with obsolete lighter streaks on 

 the centre of the feathers ; the thighs miich deeper bro\vu ; under 

 tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts ashy grey ; lower surface of 

 quills dark brown, the basal half of the primaries white. Total 

 length 19 inches, ciJmen 2-o, wing 11, tail 8*7, tarsus 2'55. 



Bab. South Australia. 



a. Ad. st. Austi-alia. Zoological Society. 



b. Ad. sk. New South Wales. J. Gould, Esq. 



Subsp. a. Strepera plumbea. 



Strepera plumbea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 20. 



Adult. Of a deep leaden grey, very little paler below, the feathers 

 round the eye, lores, sides of face, chin, and thighs blackish brown ; 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts rather clearer leaden grey, 

 the tail-feathers being edged with this colour ; quills as in S. cunei- 

 candata, but much blacker, as also the primary-coverts; iris brown. 

 Total length 19 inches, culmen 2*7, wing 11-6, tail 9-5, tarsus 2-7o. 



Hah. Western Australia. 



