G70 Mr. W. ]{. Ogilvie-Graiit on a 



[The Black-throated " Butclier-bird " was fairly plentiful 

 in the western and central divisions ; it is frequently gre- 

 gaiious and somewhat resembles Gymnorhina in certain of 

 its habits. — G. C. /S.] 



Gymnokhina longirostris Milligan. 



Gymnorhini longirostris Math. p. 83. 



u-c. S ^ • Clifton Downs, 5th-10th Oct. 



Iris briglit reddish-hazel ; bill bluish-white, of a dark 

 slate-colour at the tip ; legs of a dark olivaceous slate-colour. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 15-25-16*0 inches. 



[The Long-billed '' Magpie " was not uncommon on the 

 Gascoyne River, where it takes the place of G. dorsalis 

 Campbell, of the south-western and ceulral divisions. — 

 G.C.S.'] 



This species was first described by Mr. Milligan [' Emu,* 

 iii. p. 96, pi. V. fig. 1 (1903)] from specimens procured on the 

 Ashburton River, N.VV, Australia, 



Two years later it was again described by Dr. Hartert 

 [Nov. Zool. xii. p. 230 (1905)] from examples obtained at 

 Nullagine, N.W. Australia. Curiously enough he also called 

 it Gijmnorhina tibicen longirostris. 



Gymnorhina leuconota Gray. 

 Gymnorhina leuconota Math. p. 83. 



a. fS ' K^ing River, 7th Jan. 



b, c. (^ et cJ imm. Dale River, 31st Dec. 

 d. ? . Arthur River, 18th June. 



e-ff- c? et imm. Kurrawang, 21st-23rd Sept. 



h. ^ imm. Crookerdine Lake, 26th July. 



Adult. Iris bright hazel or crimson ; bill bluish-white, with 

 the terminal half of a dark slate-colour; legs black. 



Total length, measured in the flesh, 16*5 inches. 



The immature birds, specimens c and /, having dark backs 

 fringed with whitish, are probably the young of the present 

 species. An older male {h) has the feathers of the back 

 mottled with black and white. An adult female has the 

 feathers of the back black, narrowly fringed with whitish 

 and spotted with white. 



