CRACTICUS QUO VI I. 



QUOYS CROW-SHRIKE. 



TJ^IIIS species of Crow-Shrike inhabits the North Coast of Australia, and is also found in New Guinea. 



1 1 frequents only the thickest parts of the forest, and is generally seen among the dense 

 mangrove swamps, where its presence is only betrayed by its often repeated note. 



It feeds "ii insects and berries, and also, to a large extent, on crabs. 



There is no appreciable difference in colouring between the sexes. 



The whole of the plumage is black, each feather margined with green; irides, brownish-red; bill 

 dark horn-colour ; legs and feet, purplish-black. 



Habitats: North Coast of Australia and New Guinea. 



