510 STREPERID^. 



round the larger end. They vary in length from 1'52 to 1-71 , and 

 in breadth from 1*17 to 1-2. 



2. West Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. [West Australia.] Crowley Bequest. 



1. West Australia. T. Carter, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Swan River, W. Australia, Nov. Crowley Bequest. 



{Heu. G. J. Bostock : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



Strepera intermedia, SJiarpe. 



Strepera intermedia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 59 (1877); North, 

 Pr. Linn. Soc. N. >S. W. (2) ii. p. 405 (1887) ; North, Nests ^ Eqij^ 

 Birds Anstr. p. 50 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Egc/s Audr. Birds, 

 i. p. 62 (1901). 



Strepera fusca, Ashh/, Emu, v. p. 27 (1905) ; SJiarpe, Hand-l. v. p. 6.30 

 (1909). 



Two eggs of Sharpe's Crow-Shrike are similar to those of 

 (S. gracultjia, the ground-colour being pale greyish-pink in both 

 specimens ; the markings are most numerous towards the smaller 

 end. They measure respectively: 1-55 by 1-25 and 1-02 by 1-21. 



There can be no doubt that S. fusca, Ashby, from York Peninsula, 

 is synonymous with S. intermedia, Sharpe, from Port Lincoln; and 

 that the latter is quite distinct from S. melanoptera, Gould, with 

 which Sharpe himself has united it in his Hand-list. 



2. York Peninsula, South Australia, Crowley Bequest. 



14th Oct. (A. J. North). 



Strepera fuliginosa (Gould). 



Strepera fuligiuosa, Gould, Hnndb. Birds Aiistr. i. p. 170 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 61 (1877) ; North, Nests ^- Eggs 

 Birds Austr. p. 57 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests ^' Egys Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 62 (1901); North, Nests ^ Egqs Birds Austr. i. p. 17, pi. B i. 

 lig. 11 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l.\. p. 630 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamtnl. p. 364 (1910). 



Five eggs of the Sooty Crow-Shrike resemble those of S. gracu- 

 lina, but all are of a rather more elongate oval shape and distinctly 

 pointed towards the smaller end. The ground varies from pinkish- 

 cream-colour and greyish-pink to pale brick-colour. In the paler 

 eggs the umber-brown and lilac-grey markings are somewhat 

 faint, while the darker eggs from King Island are more strongly 

 and densely marked and show traces of black hair-lines round 

 the larger end. North assures us that S.fuliginosa is the species 

 found on the Islands in Bass Strait, and that it is especially 

 common on the shores of King Island. Thev measure respectively : 

 1-88 by 1-12; 1-82 by 1-24; 1-8 by 1-25;' 1-75 by 1-12; and 1-7 

 by 1-16. 



2. King Island, Bass Strait, 18th Crowley Bequest. 



Sept. {A. J. North). 



1. Tasmania {E P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Tasmania [Hinsby Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



