CRACTICUS. 273 



Cracticus leucopterus, Gould. 

 (Plate XII. fig. 11.) 



Cracticus leucopterus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 187 (1865); 

 Gadoiv, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 98 (1883) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml 

 p. 69 (1899); Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 303 

 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 277 (1903). 



The eggs of the White-winged Crow-Shrike in the Collection are 

 of a rather broad oval form and glossy. They are pale greenish 

 grey, blotched and clouded at the broad end, sparingly spotted 

 elsewhere, with reddish brown, lilac-red, and pale purplish-brown. 

 A black speck may be detected here and there on the shell. Three 

 examples measure respectively : 1-2 by -85 ; 1*2 by -92 ; T2 

 by -93. 



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



(G. J. Bostock : Tristram Coll.). 



2. West Australia (A. J. Campbell). Crowley Bequest. 



Cracticus destructor (Temm.). 



Vanga destructor, Thien. Fortvflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxx. fig. 19, a. b 



(1845-54). 

 Cracticus torquatus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 184 (1865) ; 



North, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 61 (1889). 

 Cracticus destructor, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. p. 100 (1883) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 69 (1899) ; Campbell, Nests $ Eggs 



Austr. Birds, i. p. 304, pi. 12 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 277 



(1903). 



The eggs of the Collared Crow-Shrike are of an oval shape and 

 exhibit a considerable amount of gloss. They are very variable in 

 colour. The ground-colour in some eggs is olive-grey, in others 

 pale buff, and in others again olive or olive-buff. The markings 

 generally form a zone or cap at the broad end and consist of specks, 

 spots, blotches, and smears of deep purplish red, reddish brown, 

 umber-brown, and underlying lavender or lilac-grey. Specimens 

 measure from 1'17 to 1*25 in length, and from -87 to *92 in 

 breadth. 



3. Dawson River, Queensland, 22nd Crowley Bequest. 



Oct. (North Coll.). 



2. Moreton Bay, Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Sydney (Tristram Coll.) Crowley Bequest. 



1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



1. New South Wales ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales (E. P. Ramsay). Gould Coll. 



2. New South Wales. Gould Coll. 



1. Gippsland, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq., K.C. [P.]. 



4. Yendon, Victoria, 10th Nov. (A. J. Crowley Bequest. 



North). 



3. Victoria. Crowley Bequest. 



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