4. ANTIGONE. 265 



Hah. Purmese countries to Cochin China and south to Pcnang. 



a, c? ad. sk. Tegu, IMavch (E. W. ().). Gates Coll. 



b, c, d. $ ad. et Tonjihoo, Aug^., Sept. {R. G. Tweeddale Coll. 

 pull. sk. W. R.). 



e. 2 ad. sk. Thatone. Hume Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Amherst. Huiue Coll. 



(/. Ad.; /(.juv. Veuang {Cantor). India Museum. 



sk. 



i. Ad. sk. Cochin China. M. E. Pierre [P.]. 



3. Antigone australasiana. 



Grus australasiana, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 48 (1848) ; Gray, Gen. 

 B. iii. App. p. 25 (1849) ; Reichenb. Vng. Neuholl. p. 243 

 (1850) ; id. Handb., Fulic. tab. cccxli. tig. 2691 (1852) ; Bj). Comp. 

 Av. ii. p. 98 (1854) ; Sc/d. Mm. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 3 (18Go) ; 

 Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii.-p. 290 (1865) ; Gray, Hand-l B. iii. 

 p. 25, no 10091 (1871) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 340 (Herbert 

 district) ; Casteln. ^- Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 385 

 (1877) ; Ramsay, op. cit. ii. p. 198 (1878) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 644 ; Teqetm. ed. BlytJis Monogr. Cranes, p. 51 (1881) ; Ramsay, 

 Tab. List "Austr. B. p. 20 (1888) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. B. 

 p. 314 (1S89) ; Co.v ^- Hamilton, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. 8. W. (2) iv. 

 p. 421 (1890 : Mudgee District). 



Adult. General colour above grey, with very conspicuously paler 

 prey margins to the feathers ; -wing-coverts like the back and 

 similarly margined ; bastard--wing blackish ; primary-coverts black, 

 with an asliy shade ; al)ove the primary-coverts a supplementarj- 

 covert, grey like the back, with the same light edging ; primaries 

 black ; secondaries dark ashy like the back, including the elongated 

 inner secondaries, which have ashy whitish tips ; lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts uniform pearly grey ; tail-feathers slaty grey, 

 blackish towards the tips ; entire crown bare, the hinder crown 

 with coarse ])ai)il]» ; hind neck from the nape downwards, sides of 

 neck, and entire under surface of body uniform pearly grey ; on the 

 car-coverts a patch of dark ashy feathers ; chin and upper throat 

 liare ; under Aving-coverts, axillaries, and hypopteral plumes like 

 the breast. " Crown of head and bill olive-green, the latter becoming 

 lighter towards the tip ; iris fine orange-yellow ; raised fleshy 

 jjapillffi surrounding the ears and back of the head fine coral-red, 

 passing into an orange tint above and below the eye, and becoming 

 less brilliant on the sides of the face, which, together with the gular 

 ])(>uch, is covered with fine black hairs, so closely set on the latter as 

 almost to conceal the red colouring of the skin ; ui)per part of the 

 pouch and the bare skin beneath the lower mandible olive-green ; 

 in old males the gular pouch very pendulous and forms a con- 

 spicuous appendage ; legs and feet purplish black " (J. Gould). 

 Total length about 42 inches, culmeu G, wing 20-5, tail 7-o, 

 tarsus 10-2, middle toe and claw 3-0. 



Hah. Eastern Australia. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Australia. Purchased. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Queentlaud. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



