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These arc large birds, and inhabit Australasia 

 and New Guinea : they appear to be divisible into 

 two sections, the first having a distinct keel on the 

 beak, which is produced among the frontal feathers ; 

 the wings are rounded, with the sixth quill longest : 

 the second is without the keel, and the surface is 

 nearly flat ; the wings are moderate, and the fourth 

 and fifth quills are longest, 



Sp. ] . Cr. chalybeus. 



Paradisea clialybea, Shatv, v. vii. p. 504. pi. 7 1 • — New Guinea. 



Sp. 2. Cr. anaphonesis. 



Cr. cinereo-niger tectricihusque ccmdce injerioribus remigium 7-ec- 



triciumque upicibus albis. 

 Ashy-black Cracticus with the lower tail- coverts and tips of the 



quills and tail white. - 

 Barita anaphonesis. Tcmm. PL Col. (Genre Cassican.) 



Inhabits Australasia. Entirely ashy-black, with 

 the under tail-coverts, and the tips of the wings and 

 tail white. 



Sp. 3. Cr. streperus. 



Gracula strepera. Shaxi), v. vii. p> 462.— Corvus streperus. 

 Leach, Zool. Misc. v. ii. pi. 86. — New Holland. 



Sp. 4. Cr. tibicen. 



Gracula tibicen. Shatv, v. vii. p. 465. — New Holland. 



Sp. 5. Cr. varius. 



Gracula varia. Shaw, v. vii. p. 464. — New Guinea. 



Sp. 6. Cr. destructor. 



Cr. corpore supra ardosiaco, infra albida; capite, occipite, nuchce 

 parte, malisque nigris; lateribus colli lunuld alba; alis nigri- 

 cante-fuscis, remigihus secundariis alba marginatis ; caudd nigra 

 apice alba. 



