610 SIREPERID^. 



round the larger end. Thej- vary in length from 1-52 to 1"71, and 

 in breadth from 1-17 to 1-2. 



2. West Australia. Gould OoU. 



1. [West Australia.] Orowley Bequest. 



1. West Australia. T. Carter, Esq. [0.]. 



1. Swan River, W. Australia, Nov. Crov^ley Bequest. 



(Mev. O. J. Bostock : Tristram 

 Coll.). 



Strepera intermedia, Sharpe. 



Strepera intermedia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 69 (1877) ; North, 

 Br. Linn. Soc. N. iS. W. (2) ii. p. 405 (1887) ; North, Nests ^ Btfi/s 

 Birds Austr. p. 56 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 i. p. 62 (1901). 



Strepera fusca, AsKby, Emu, v. p. 27 (1905) ; Sharpe, Handel, v. p. 630 

 (1909). 



Two eggs of Sharpe's Crow-Shrike are similar to those of 

 S. graculina, the ground-colour being pale greyish-pink in both 

 specimens ; the markings are most numerous towards the smaller 

 end. They measure respectively : l'o5 by 1'25 and 1-62 by 1'21. 



There can be no doubt that S. fusca, Ashby, from York Peninsula, 

 is synonymous wilh S. intermedia, Sharpe, from Port Lincoln; and 

 that the latter is quite distinct from S. melanoptera, Gould, with 

 which Sharpe himself has united it in his Hand-list. 



2. York Peninsula, South Australia, Crowley Bequest. 



14th Oct. (A. J. North). 



Strepera fuliginosa (Gould). 



Strepera fuliginosa, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 170 (1865) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 61 (1877) ; North, Nests Sf Eggs 

 Birds Austr. p. 57 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 62 (1901) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 17, pi. B i. 

 iig. 11 (1901); Sharpe, Eand-l. v. p. 630 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 364 (1910). 



Five eggs of the Sooty Crow-Shrike resemble those of S. gram- 

 Una, but all are of a rather more elongate oval shape and distinctly 

 pointed towards the smaller end. The ground varies from pinkish- 

 cream-colour and greyish-pink to pale brick-colour. In the paler 

 eggs the umber-brown and lilac-grey markings are somewhat 

 faint, while the darker eggs from King Island are more strongly 

 and densely marked and show traces of black hair-lines round 

 the larger end. North assures us that S. fuliginosa is the species 

 found on the Islands in Bass Strait, and that it is especially 

 common on the shores of King Island. They measure respectively : 

 1-88 by 1-12; 1-82 by 1-24; 1-8 by 1-25; 1-75 by 1-12; and 1-7 

 by 1-16. 



2. King Island, Bass Strait, 18th Orowley Bequest. 



Sept. {A. J. North). 



1. Tasmania (E. P. Seymour). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Tasmania (Hinsbg Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



