3. CKACTicrs. 93 



Barita org-anicum, Bp, Omsp. i. p. .367. 



Gymnorhma leuconota, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 226 ; Gnnj, lland-l. 

 B. ii. p. 2. 



Adult male. Like the adult male of G. tihicen, but differing from 

 that species in having the whole back pure white like the" neck 

 and rump ; " biU bluish lilac, passing into black at the tip ; feet 

 blackish grey ; iris light hazel " {Gould). Total length 14-5 inches, 

 culmen 2, wing 10-2, tail fJ, tarsus 2-3. 



The sexes are exactly alike in plumage. 



Toung. One specimen in the collection, marked " a j-oung female,"" 

 is brown-black where the adult is black ; the back is greyish, not 

 white, the lower back mottled, with greyish bases to the feathers ; 

 lower abdomen whitish. Another specimen, collected by J. Olive^ 

 Esq., has got its fuU glossy black plumage, but has the' middle of 

 the back still mottled with pale silvery grev. 



Hab. South Australia, Victoria, and jSW South Wales. 



Ohs. In Tasmania G. leuconota is represented by a somewhat 

 smaller form (&'. hyperleuca). 



The adult males of the latter measure as follows :— culmen 

 1-7 inch, wing 9-3, tail 5-8, tarsus 2-1. 



A. Gi/mnor7iina leuconota. 

 «. Ad. St. Australia. Major- Gen. Hard wicke 



[P.]. 



b. Imm. sk. Australia. J. Gould, E.vq. 



c. ?juv.; d. 2 South Australia. Sir G. Grey fP.!. 

 ad. .-k. •' L J 



e. S ad. sk. South Austi-alia. J. Gould E-q 



/. Ad. sk. Mount Macedon, S. Aus- J. Gould,' Esq." 



traha. 



</. Ad. sk. Xew South Wales (Coc-Ae- F. D. Godmau and 0. Sal- 



, , , , '"e^O- vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



n. Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



B. Gymnorh'um hyjyerleuca. 



«. Ad. St. Tasmania. Major-Gen.HardwickerC.l 



6. Imm. sk. Tasmania. J. B. Jukes, Esq. rc.l 



c Juy. .«k Tasmania. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [0.1. 



d d ad. ; e. Imm. sk. Tasmania. Antarctic Expedition TCI 



/. Ad. sk Tasmania. J. Gould, Esq. [C.l. 



(J. 1mm. sk. Richmond, Tasmania. Antarctic Expedhion TC 1 



h. Juv. St. Xear Hobait Town J. Gould, Esq. 



(-F. Strange). 



3. CRACTICUS. 

 Ciacticus, VieiU. Anahjse, p. .37 (LSKi) ; id. X Diet '^'"'' 



dHist Nat^v. p. 355 (1816) ; ' q. cassicus. 



a ma, C,.c.R,yne An. i. n 340 (1817) Q. cassicus. 



Bulestes, Cab. Mus. Hem. Th. i. p. 66 (1850) 0. destructor. 



Bill like that of Gi/mnorJiina, but stouter and strongly hooked. 



