STREPERA. 509 



Strepera vieilloti, Matheivs. 



Strepera cuneicaiidata, North, Nests # Eggs Birds Austr. p. 55, pi. vii. 

 tig. 1 (1889); Campbell, Nests Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 60 (1901) 

 [part.] ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 14, pi. B i. tig. 13 

 (1901) [part.]. 



Strepera versicolor, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 630 (1909) [part.]. 



Strepera versicolor vieilloti, Matheivs, Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 444 (1912). 



Eggs of Vieillot's Crow-Shrike resemble those of S. yraculina in 

 markings, but the ground-colour varies from almost creamy-white, 

 pale greyish-pink, and pale brownish-pink to pale pinkish brick- 

 colour. Some specimens have more or less marked blackish hair- 

 lines round the larger end. They vary from 1*63 to l*78.in length, 

 and from 1'16 to 1*23 in breadth. 



1. Victoria. Gould Coll. 



3. Victoria, 17th Sept. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Cranbourne, Victoria, llth Dec. Crowley Bequest. 



(A. J. North). 

 1. Mitcham, Victoria, 9th Oct. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l 

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



Strepera melanoptera, Gould. 



Strepera arguta, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 171 (1865) [part.]. 



Strepera melanoptera, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 61 (1877); 

 North, Nests 8f Eggs Birds Austr. p. 56 (1889); Campbell, Nests $ 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 61 (1901) ; North, Nests fy Eggs Birds 

 Austr. i. p. 12, pi. B i. fig. 10 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 629 

 (1909) [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 364 (1910). 



Four eggs of the Black-winged Crow-Shrike are similar to those 

 of S. graculina, all having the same markings and ground-colour of 

 greyish-pink. Three measure respectively: 1'66 by 1*2; 1-63 by 

 1-18; and 1-62 by 1-10. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



Strepera plumbea, Gould. 



Strepera anaphonensis, Gould (nee Temm.), Handb. Birds Austr. i. 



p. 173 (1865). 

 Strepera plumbea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 60 (1877) ; North, 



Nests % Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 16 (1901); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 630 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 364 (1910). 

 Strepera cuneicaudata plumbea, Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, 



i. p. 60, pi. (1901). 



Eggs of the Leaden Crow-Shrike have the ground-colour gene- 

 rally darker than in S. graculina, and vary from pale reddish- 

 brick-colour or dull pinkish-grey to darker brownish-red ; the 

 markings are the same, and one egg has a black hair-line as in 

 S. aryuta. In one specimen from [W. Australia], believed to 

 be of this species, the markings are concentrated in a broad zone 



