14. STHt'PERA. 61 



a. Ad. sk. Western Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [CI- 



b. Ad. sk. York, West Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.J- 



6. Strepera melanoptera. 

 Strepera melanoptera, Goidd, P. Z. S. 1846, p. 20 ; Bj}. Consp. i. p. 368. 



Adult male. General colour browuish black, rather lighter below, 

 and darker on the crown and face ; under tail-coverts pure white ; 

 all the tail-feathers with a broad white tip to the inner web, extend- 

 ing slightly onto the tip of the outer one ; under surface of winga 

 ashy black, with no white bases or tips to the feathers. Total length 

 19 inches, culmen 1-85, wing 11-2, tail 9-5, tarsus 2-G. 



Ohs. This species has been united by Mr. G. 11. Gray, and even by 

 Mr. Gould himself, to S. arguta. I have examined most carefully 

 the series mentioned by the latter gentleman in his ' Handbook,' 

 and I cannot see any variation in the amount of white in the wing 

 of S. arf/uta ; and I believe that the last-named species is the Tas- 

 manian Hill-Crow, and that its place on the continent is occupied 

 by iS. mclayiojttera. 



Hab. South Australia. 



a. cjad.sk. South Australia, June 18,1839. J. Goidd, Esq. [G.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. South Australia. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. South Australia. Purchased. 



7. Strepera fuliginosa. 



Cracticus fuliginosus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 106 ; Schl. Miis. P.-B. 



Coraces, p. 125. 

 Coronica fuliginosa, Gould, Syn. B. Amtr. part 1. 

 Strepera fuliginosa, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 302 ; Gould, B. Austr. \i. 



pi. 43 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 367 ; Goidd, Ilandb. B. Amtr. i. p. 171 ; 



Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 1. 



Adult. General colour above and below glossy black, the under 

 surface very slightly greyer ; primaries with a faint white mark at 

 the base of the inner web, the outer ones with a broad band of white 

 at the tip ; tail-feathers blackish, externally shaded with grey, and 

 having a large spot of white at the tip of the inner web, extending 

 very slightly onto the outer one ; under tail-coverts blackish, like 

 the rest of the under surface ; bill and feet black ; iris bright yel- 

 low. Total length 19 inches, culmen 2-75, wing 11-4, tail 8-o, tar- 

 sus 2'5. 



Hah. Tan Diemen's Land. 



a. $ ad. sk. Van Diemen's Laud. Antarctic Expedition [G,]. 



b. Ad. St. Van Diemen's Laud. 



r. Ad. sk. Van Diemen's Land. J. Gould, Esq [G.]. 



