STREPEEA. 509 



Strepera vieilloti, Mathews. 



Strepera cuneiraudata, North, Nests H,- Eggs Birds Atistr. p. .5.5, pi. vii. 

 fig-. 1 (1S8H); Campbell, Nesfs S,- Egc/s Atistr. Birds, i. p. GO (1901) 

 [part.] ; North, Nests S,- Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 14, pi. B i. fis. 13 

 (1901) [part.]. i- ' f 



Strepera versicolor, Sharpe, Hnnd-l. v. p. 630 (1909) [part.]. 



Strepera versicolor vieilloti, Matheus, Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 444 (1912). 



Eijgs of Vieillot's Crow-Shrike resemble those of S. (jraculina in 

 markings, but tho ground-colour varies from almost cream5'-white, 

 pale greyish-pink, and pale brownish-pink to pale pinkish brick- 

 colour. Some specimens have more or less marked blackish hair- 

 lines round the larger end. They vary from 1-63 to 1-78 in length, 

 and from 1-16 to l-'2'3 in breadth. 



1. Victoria. ^ ^ Gould Coll. 



3. Victoria, 17tb Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



tJ. Cranbourne, 'S'ictoria, 11th Dec. CrowleV Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 



1. Mitcham, Victoria, 9th Oct. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq. [P.]. 



Strepera melanoptera, Gould. 



Strepera arguta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 171 (1865) [part.]. 



Strepera melanoptera, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 61 (1877); 

 North, Nests S,- Eggs Birds Austr. p. .56 (1889); Campbell, Nests S^- 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 61 (1901); North, Nests Sf Eqgs Birds 

 Austr. i. p. 12, pi. B i. tig. 10 (1.901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. V. p. 629 

 (1909) [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 364 (1910). 



Four eggs of the Black-winged Crow-Shrike are similar to those 

 of *S^. gracuJlna, all having the same markings and ground-colour of 

 greyish-pink. Three measure respectively : l-GObyl-2; 1'63 by 

 1-18; and 1-62 by 1-19. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Strepera plumbea, Gould. 



Strepera anaphonensis, Goidd {nee Temin.), Handb. Birds Austr. i 



p. 173 (1865). 

 Strepera plumbea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 60 (1877) ; North, 



Nests ^- Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 16 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 630 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. .364 (1910). 

 Strepera cuneicaudata plumbea, Campbell, Nests if Eggs Austr. Birds 



i. p. 60, pi. (1901). 



Eggs of the Leaden Crow-Slirike have the ground-colour gene- 

 rally darker than in S. gracidina, and vary from pale rcddish- 

 brick-colour or dull pinkish-grey to darker brownish-red ; the 

 markings are the same, and one egg has a black hair-line as in 

 /S. arguta. In one specimen from [W. Australia^, believed to 

 be of this species, the markings are concentrated in a broad zone 



