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1 391* White- winged Chough, Black Magpie (e), Jay (e), 

 1 Apostle-Bird (e), Gorcorax melanorhamphus, E.A., 



S.A. Stat, small flocks, c. timber 16 



Sooty black, white on wing only; eyes red; f., sim. Mud 

 nest. Insects, fruits, seeds. Low, mournful whistle. 

 F. 165. STREPERIDAE (7), BELL-MAGPIES, Streperas, 



Crow-Shrikes, 7 sp. A. 

 7 392*Pied Bell-Magpie ( Crow-Shrike), Currawong, Mutton- 

 7 Bird (e), Strepera graculina, E.A., Lord Howe Is. 



Nom. r. timber 18.5 

 Black; white patch on wing, upper base tail, under base 

 tail, tip tail; eye yellow; f., smaller. Berries, fruit, 

 insects. 

 393 Black-winged Bell-Magpie ( Crow-Shrike), S. melan- 



optera, V., S.A., Kangaroo Is. Stat. v.r. scrub 19 



Black, white tip tail, under base tail; f., smaller. Insects. 

 394*Gray Bell-Magpie ( Crow-Shrike), Gray Magpie, Rain- 

 Bird, Squeaker. S. versicolor (cuneicaudata) , E.A. 



Stat. v.c. timber, orchard 19 

 Gray; white on wing, tip tail, under base tail; eye orange; 

 f., sim. Insects, fruit. Loud, ringing notes. "It's- 

 going-to-rain." "Two and two are four." Cree-e- 

 ling, cree-e-ling. 

 395 Sooty Bell-Magpie (Crow-Shrike), Black Magpie (e), 

 8. fuliginosa, E.A., S.A., T., Bass St. Is, 



Stat. r. timber 18 

 Sooty black; white in wing, tip tail; eye yellow; big bill 

 black; f., sim. Insects, fruit. 



