56 hAXIADM. 



The nest is a large bowl-shaped structure, composed outwardly 

 of sticks, lined with finer twigs, and placed in the small upright 

 branches or fork of a tree, usually a Eucalyptus. The eggs are 

 three in number for a sitting, of a pale reddish-buff or buffy-brown 

 tint, spotted, and blotched all over with reddish-brown markings, 

 intermingled with others of a pale slaty-brown, appearing as if 

 beneath the surface of the shell. Length (A) 1-75 x 1 -2 inch ; 

 (B) 1-73 X 1-18 inch ; (C) 1-76 x M9 inch. 



The breeding season comprises the months of August, September, 

 and October. 



Sab. Wide Bay District, Richmond and Clarence Rivers 

 Districts, New South Wales, Interior, Victoria and South 

 Australia. {Ramsay.) 



STREPERA INTERMEDIA, Sharpe. 



Brit. Mus. Cat. Bds , Vol. iii., p. 59. 



A single egg of this species in the Dobroyde Collection, taken 

 at Mount Gawler, South Australia in 1860, is similar in colour 

 and markings to the egg of the Tasmanian species S. arguta. 

 Long diameter 1-77 inch, short diameter 1-17. (North, P.L.S., 

 N.S. W., Vol. ii., 2nd Series, p. 405.) 



Hah. Victoria and South Australia. {Ramsay.) 



STREPERA MELANOPTERA, Qould. 

 Black-winged Crow-shrike. 



Gould, F.Z.S., 1846, p. 20. Brit. Mus. Oat. Bds., Vol. iii., p. 61. 

 " This bird is found breeding in South Australia. It constructs 

 a large open nest of sticks and twigs, lined inside with fibrous 

 roots and grasses, and usually placed in the topmost branches of 

 a Eucalyptus. Two eggs of this species in the Dobroyde Collection 

 taken by Mr. Gardner in 1863, are similar in form to those of 



