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bill among the colonists. It is also called Wood Srcallozc, as we 

 find in Mr. Caley's notes. That gentleman further adds : — ^" I 

 have occasionally seen as, many of these birds liying about in 

 some places as I ever did Swallo^cs, which they closely imitate 

 in their mode of flight. This occurred where the ground had 

 been cleared and abandoned. Their resting places Avere on 

 the stumps of trees which had been felled. I do not think 

 them migratory : if they are so, they depart for no great 

 length of time." — A specimen in the collection was obtained by 

 Mr. Brown at King George's Sound. 



2. CiNEREUS. Art. superne canus subtus albidus ; fascia fron- 

 tali gularique, iiropi/gio, crisso, caudaque atris, hue apice 

 albo. 



Ocypterus cinereus. T alenciennes, Mem. du Mus. d'Hist. Nat. 

 torn. vi. p. 22. tio. 2. 



All the specimens of this species in the collection were pro- 

 cured by Mr. Brown at Broad Sound, September 1803. 



Genus. Dicrurus. Vieill. (Edolius. Cuv.) 

 1. Balicassius. X). virescenti-ater, rectricibus primis extrorsùm 



incUnantibus. 

 Corvus balicassius. Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 157- 

 Monedula Philippensis. B)-iss. Orn. ii. p. 31. 7io. 9- pi- 2. /. 1. 

 Le Choucas des Philippines. PI. Enl. 603, 

 Le Drongup. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 173. 



We consider our bird to be the same as the species above 

 referred to, with which it agrees in its most essential particulars, 

 although it does not exhibit the green metallic lustre which is 

 described as alternating with the black of that species. 'I'he bird 

 in the Society's collection may be a young bird or a female, and 

 thus may not show the same splendour in its colours. The spe- 



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