CRACTICUS HYPOLEUCUS, Gould. 

 Fig. 1. 



Mas. Cract. nucha, dor so, tectricihus caudce, crisso, rectricibusque caudce ad basin, albis, reliquis partibus 

 nigris ; rostro ad basin plumbeo in nigrum transeunte; pedibus nigris. 



Long. tot. 144 unc. ; rostri, 2; alee, 9|; caudce, 5|; tarsi, 2. 



Crown of the head, cheeks, throat, all the under surface, scapularies, primaries and tips of the tail 

 jet black ; nape of the neck, back, upper and under tail-coverts, and base of the tail-feathers white ; 

 bill dark lead colour at the base, passing into black at the tip ; legs black. 



Cracticus hypoleucus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part IV., 1836. 



Remark. May at all times be distinguished from Cracticus Tibicen by its smaller size and by the 

 back being wholly white. 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



CRACTICUS TIBICEN, Vieill 

 Fig. 2. 



Mas. Crac niger, nucha, tectricihus alarum, dor so imo, uropygio, crisso, catidaque basi albis ; rostro 

 ad basin plumbeo in nigrum transeunte ; pedibus nigris. 

 Long. tot. 161 unc. ; rostri, 2f ; alee, 10}; caudm, 6 J ; tarsi, 2f. 



Male. Crown of the head, cheeks, throat, back, all the under surface, scapularies, secondaries, 

 primaries and tips of the tail-feathers black ; nape of the neck, upper and under tail-coverts, and base 

 of the tail-feathers white ; bill lead colour at the base, passing into black at the tip ; legs black. 



Syn. Coracias Tibicen, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., xxvii.— Shaw, Zool., vol. vii. p. 405. 

 Barita Tibicen, Temm. Man., part i. p. li. 

 Piping Roller, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. iii. p. 86. No. 23. 

 Cracticus Tibicen, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 260. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales, whence it does not appear to migrate. 



