94 LANIID^. 



Nostrils longitudinal slits ; rictal bristles. First primar\- long, two 

 thirds of the second ; tip of wing formed b}- fourth and fifth pri- 

 maries ; wings coveriijg only the first half of the tail, ^\hich again 

 is slightly rounded and not much shorter than the wing. Tarsus 

 covered with scales, which often fuse into one long scutum. 



Sexes ahke in plumage, the only colours of which are black, Mhite, 

 and grey. 



Ramie. Australian region, extending into the Austro-Malayan 

 subregion : seven species. 



Kirij to the Sjieeies. 



a. Belly hlaclv, like the rest of the bird Q'loi/i, p. 94. 



b. Behy white. 



«'. Throat black. 



a". Centre of back black, separated from the 

 head by a broad white collar ; tail-coverts 

 short, coveriua; less than half the len<j-th , . . , . _- 



of th;; tail ... . . «'//7»^«»-^. P- 9o. 



J". Centre of back pure white in the adult, '/»^«^«^'' P- ^^• 

 more or less mottled vrith the black bases 

 of the feathers iu immature birds ; tail- 

 coverts long, covering two thirds of the 



length of the tail casskus, p. 97, 



h'. Throat white. 



c". Back black, separated from the black 

 feathers of the head by an irregular 

 broad band of white feathers ; chin 



black mentalk, p. 102. 



d". Back grey. 



a". Flanks pale brownish or gi'ey. 



«'. Back duU browni.^b greyj sides of , ^7^5^,.„p^„,. ^qq 



upper breast brownish < . ' K..^ ' 



Back bluish grey; sides of upper breast ("««■«««' P- -^^-l- 

 grey, contrasting with the head, 



■which is deep black .... leucoptcrus, p. 98. 



h'". Flanks and sides of brea.st pure white, 

 like the rest of the mider surface ; back 

 silvery grey argenteus, p. 99. 



1. Cracticus quoyi. 



Barita quoyi, Less. Voy. Coquille, At/. Zuol. p. 639, pi. xix. (1828) ; 

 id. Man.d'Orn. i. p. 140 ; id. Traite d'Orn. p. 345. 



Cracticus quoyi, Gray, Gen. B. ii. pi. 72. fig. 3 (184.5) ; Gould, B, 

 Austr. fol. ii' pi. 53 (1848) ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 367 ; Eosenb. Kaf. Tijdschr. 

 Ned. Ind. 1863, p. 235 ; id. J. f. O. 1864, p. 121 ; Finsch, Ken- 

 Guinea, p. 172 (1865) ; Gould, Handb. B. Austr. i. p. 183; Schler/. 

 Muf. F.-B., Coraces, p. 124 (1867) ; Graij, Haud-l. B. i. p. 386, 

 n. 5S50 ; Mvijer, Sifzb. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixix. p. 506 (1874) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 772 (1875), x. p. 1.38, xv. p. 42 

 (1879); Sharpe, Proc. Linn. »S'oc. xiii. p. 499 (1878); liainsai/, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 180 ; Rosenb. Malay. Archip. p^95 ; 

 Salvad. Orn. I\ipuasia e Molucehc, ii. p. 190. 



Cracticus crasshostris, Salvad. Attili. Ace. Sc. Tor. ix. p. 430 (1874) ; 



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