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CORVUS STREPERA. 
C. atro-nigra, macula alarum, crisso, caudaque basi apice- 
que albis. te - 
Coracias strepera. Lath. Ind. Ornith..1, 173, 21. 
Habitat in Insula Maris Pacifici Norfolk. 
NOISY CROW. 
Dark sooty-black ; a mark on the wings; upper and lower 
tail coverts, and tip of the tail, white. 
This bird is very common in Norfolk Island, and is said 
to congregate in large flocks, uttering a loud jarring noise. 
It has all the characters of the genuine crow, and is intro- 
duced here as a good example of one of that genus. 
