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species as it has already been published, but I give below the 

 three earlier names, to show their relationship to each other : — 



Pieris perimale, Don. (Pap. p.), Ins. N. H., t. 20, f. 1 

 (1805). 



P. scyllara, Mad, King's Surv. Aust., 11., App., p. 459, n. 

 139 (1827). 



P. lanassa, Bois., Sp. Gen., i., p. 477 (1836). 

 I may add that 1 have specimens of the perimale type, having 

 the under side of secondaries light brown, which show the dark 

 submarginal band and others which show no traces of it. 

 Donovan's figure shows this band very distinctly. The under side 

 of another specimen is yellowish brown on the costa and apical 

 angle of primaries and the whole of secondaries with the excep- 

 tion of very indistinct traces of the darker submarginal band, 

 while others vary from yellow to nearly white. The number of 

 white spots in the dark border, both on the upper and under 

 surface, varies considerably. Some specimens show as many as 

 seven in the primaries, while others as few as two, and in the 

 secondaries from one to three and four. On the under surface 

 they vary in a similar way, but in the form with the brown 

 secondaries they are usually absent altogether, some specimens, 

 however, showing indistinct traces of one or two. 



Pied Crow-Shrike, or Butcher Bird, Craclicus picatus, 

 Gould. — I noticed this bird on several occasions when at King's 

 Plains, about thirty miles from Cooktown, North Queensland. 

 They are very similar in appearance to C. robustics, but are 

 smaller, and have a totally different note, and it is possible the 

 two varieties may be found in the same country, although I did 

 not notice any C. robustus near Cooktown myself, but they are 

 plentiful at Rockhampton. The bird is found in the open forest 

 country, and I only heard it utter one note, a single clear, low 

 whistle, uttered slowly. Gould, on Gilbert's authority, states that 

 it utters a loud discordant note, but, personally, I only heard the 

 one sound mentioned. A pair of them had their nest in a large 

 eucalyptus tree, about 200 yards from the house I was stopping 

 at, and they did not appear very shy, and were easily approached 

 within shooting distance. These birds were not very plentiful, 

 and seem to consort in pairs. They build an open nest, outwardly 

 composed of sticks, and lined with small twigs and rootlets, and 

 it is generally placed high up in a large eucalyptus tree. The bird 

 will sometimes sit close on the nest until the climber is within a 

 few feet of her, as occurred when the native went up the tree for 

 the eggs I am now describing, and she then only flew a short 

 distance to a neighbouring tree, where I was enabled to 

 secure her. The external diameter of the nest is 6 in., 

 and the internal 3^- in. ; external depth 4 in., internal 2 in. 



