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fuscis i crisso, et pogoniis internis prmariorum secundariorumęue 



ad basin et tertice partis apicalis rectricum albis. 



AU the plumage black, becoming browner on the tips of the ving- 



feathers ; base of the inner webs of the primaries and secondaries, 



the under tail-coverts and the apical third of the inner webs of the 



tail-feathers -vvhite ; irides yellow ; bill and feet black. 



Totai length, 21 inches ; bill, 2 ; wing. llf; tail. 10; tarsi. 2į. 



Hab. Van Diemen's Land. 



Remark. — This is the largest species of the genus I have yet seen. 



Stbepera plumbea. Strep. corpore superiore plumbeo-griseo, ad 

 frontem loresgue muito saturatius ; alis nigris ; secundariorum 

 marginibus griseis, apicibus, et crisso, albis. 



Ali the upper surface leaden-grey, becoming much darker on 

 the forehead and lores ; wings black ; secondaries margined with 

 grey and tipped with ^hite ; basai half of the inner webs of the pri- 

 maries white, of the outer webs grey ; the remainder of their length 

 black, slightly tipped -mth. white ; tail black, margined with grey and 

 largely tipped •vvith white ; all the under surface greyish-brown ; 

 under tail-coverts white ; irides, bUl and feet black. 



Totallength, 18 inches; bill, 2|; wiDg, 11|; tail, 9; tarsi, 2į. 



Hab. Western Australia. 



Strepera melanoptera. Strep. corpore superiore cauddgue nigris ; 

 corpore inferiore f usco-nigro, abdomine griseo tincto ; crisso rec- 

 tricibusgue, duabus intermediis exceptis, albis. 



All the upper surface, -vvings and tail black ; under surface brown- 

 ish-black, tinged -vvith grey on the abdomen ; under tail-coverts and 

 tips of all but the tvpo centre tail-feathers white ; irides yellow ; bill 

 and feet black. 



Totai length, 19 inches; bill, 2; wing, 11 ; tail, 9; tarsi, 2|. 



Hab. South Australia. 



Remark. — Distinguished from all other species by the totai absence 

 of any white mark on the veings. 



Gallinula TENEBROSA. Gūl. griseo-mgro į dorso scapularibusgue 

 nigris ; crisso medio nigro ad latera albo. 



General plumage greyish-black, with the exception of the back and 

 scapularies, which are deep bro\vn, and the primaries and tail, which 

 are nearly pure black ; under tail-coverts black in the centre and 

 pure vvhite on the sides ; frontai plate orange ,• base of the bill blood- 

 red ; tip greenish yellow ; above the knee a garter of yello\v and 

 scarlet ; joints of the legs and feet green ; under surface of the legs 

 and feet olive ; the sides of the tarsi and frontai platės of the toes 

 yellow ; frontai platės of the tarsi yellow ; those nearest the knee 

 stained with scarlet ; irides olive. 



Totai length, 15 inches; bill, lį ; vring, 8 ; tail, 3 ; tarsi, 2\. 



Hab. South Australia. 



Remark. — The above is the description of a female ; the malė is 

 supposed to be larger in size, and to difFer in being of a paler hue 

 beneath, and in having the whole of the upper surface brown. 



