216 Mr. ViGORs's and Dr. Hors fi eld's Description of the 



Coj-pus subtus fasciis gracilibus nigris undulatum. Tectrices in- 

 feriores albœ. Rostrum pedesqne nigri. 



The specimen of this bird in the Society's collection is in such 

 indiffèrent condition that we cannot enter further into the details 

 of its characters than the above few remarks. The tail is par- 

 ticularly defective ; and we can determine little respecting the 

 proportions of the species, but that the body from the apex of 

 the bill to the root of the tail is 3^ inches in length. The bird 

 was found by Mr. Brown at Broad Sound, October 26th, 1802. 



Genus. Gr. aucalus. Ciiv. 



1. Melanops. Grauc. cincrcus, fronte gutture remigibus rec- 



tricihusque, mediis except is, 7iigris, harutn apicibus crissoqxie 



a I bis. 

 Corvus melanops. Lath. Ind. Orn. Siipp. p. xxiv. no. 1. 

 Ceblepyris melanops. Tenim. Manuel, p. Ixii. 

 Rollier à masque noir. Le Vaiil. Ois. de Paradis, 4-c. pi. 30. 



Mr. Caley says of this bird, that it may generally be seen on 

 the tops of high dead trees. He does not consider it migratory. 

 One of his specimens is marked "-male," and a second '■'^female." 



2. Papuensis. Grauc. cincreus, gutture pectore abdomineque 



albis graciliter fusco transversim undulatis ; striga lata per 

 oculos, pteromatibus remigibus rectricibusque nigris, harum 

 apice albis. 



Corvus Papuensis. Gmel. i. 371. 



Choucari de la Nouvelle Guinée. PL Enl. 630. 



Papuan Crow. T^ath. Gen. Hist. iii. p. 4.5. no. 42. 



M. Temminck unites these two last birds as dift'erent sexes of 

 the same species : the latter being the female. We know not upon 

 what authority he has founded this opinion. We must however ob- 

 serve, 



