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CRACTICUS PICATUS (Gould). 



PIED CROW-SHRIKE, 



Pied (tow Shrike, which, except lor its much smaller size, exactly resembles the New South 

 1 W ales Bpecies, is found in the northern part of Australia. 



Iii its general habits and economy, as well as in its mode of nidification it docs not differ from 



the Cracticus Nigrogularis. 



A collar at the hack of" the neck, the shoulders, edge of the wing, rump, abdomen, and tips of 

 the tail-feathers are white; the rest of the plumage, black: irides, blackish-brown ; bill, dark grey; legs 

 and feet, blackish-brown. 



Habitat: North Coast of* Australia. 



