9^ Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-arant on Birds 



younger stage of plumage. The nestling plumage of the 

 young is much like that of the adult, and not chestnut as in 

 the typical species of Pachjcephala such as P. schlegeli. 

 I have had the advantao;e of examinino; a fine series of 

 this species, kindly lent me by the Tring Museum. 



The specimens figured on PI. IV. are the adult male 

 procured by Mr. W. Goodfellow and the immature male from 

 the Utakwa River. 



Cracticus qvioji, 



Cracticvs quoyi Lesson ; Gradow, Cat. viii. p. 94 (1883) ; 

 van Oort, p. 93 (1909) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 93 

 (1903), XX. p. 507 (1913). 



a, 6. c? . Mouth of the Mimika River, 10th Dec. 1910 & 

 14th March, 1911. [Nos. 107, 1148, C. H. B. G.'\ 



r, d. S • Upper Mimika River, 27th Feb. & 8th May, 1910. 

 [Nos. 1088, 1151, G. C. S.] 



e-i. (^ ? et ? juv. Parimau, Mimika River, 1st Sept.- 

 28th Dec. 1910. [Nos. ^&, 816,861, C.B.B.G.; 1468, 

 1478, G. C. S.] 



k. (?. Iwaka River, 23rd Jan. 1911. [No. 929, 

 C.H.B. G.] 



I, m. ? . Canoe Camp, Setakwa River, 29th Oct. & 23rd 

 Nov. 1912. [C.B.K.] 



Adult. Iris dark brown ; bill pale bluish-slate, darker at 

 the tip ; feet black or dark slate-colour. 



Young female. Iris raw sienna ; bill ash ; gape lemon ; 

 feet dark ash-colour. 



"■' Quoy's Piping-Crow was not nearly so common as the 

 pied species, C. cassicus, and was not seen to consort with it. 

 A young female (No. 86), taken on the 1st of September, 

 has the upperparts black and glossy as in the adult, the 

 underparts smoky-black. It had left the nest, but w^as not 

 yetabletofly."— C.i7.^. G^. 



Cracticns cassicus. 



Cracticus cassicus (Bodd.) ; Gadow, Cat. viii. p. 97 (1883) ; 

 van Oort, p. 92 (1909) ; Roths. & Hartert, N. Z. x. p. 92 

 (1903), XX. p. 507 (1913). 



