VANGA DESTRUCTOR, Temm. 



Male.— Fig. 1. 



Mas. Vang, summo capite, genis, et nucha nigris ; notd ad oculos a rostro alba ; dor so uropygioquc 

 cinerascenii-brunneis ; tectricibus caudce albis ; alls nigrescenti-brunneis ; remigum secundarium 

 pogoniis externis albis; caudd nigra, rectricibus adapicem interne albis, duabus intermediis exceptis; 

 corpore subtus cinerascenti-albo ; rostro ad basin plumbeo in nigrum transeunte ; pedibus nigris. 



Long. tot. i\\ unc. ; rostri, 1J; alee, 5\\ caudce, 4>J; tarsi, l\. 



Male. Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and back of the neck black ; a white mark from the base of 

 the bill to the eye ; back and rump dark greyish brown ; upper tail-coverts white ; wings blackish 

 brown ; the middle secondaries white along their outer edges ; tail black, all the feathers except the 

 two middle ones tipped with white on their inner webs ; under surface greyish white ; bill lead colour 

 at the base passing into black at the tip ; feet black. 



Female. Resembles the male, but is more obscure in all her markings. 



Syn. Vanga destructor, Temm. Man., part i. p. lix.— Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 21 3. 

 Barita destructor, Temm. PI. Col., 273. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



VANGA NIGROGULARIS, Gould. 

 Male.— Fig. 2. 



Mas. Vang, capite, collo, et pectore nigris ; torque nuchali, ptilis, pteromatum strigd longitudinali, 

 dor so imo, uropygio, abdomine, crisso rectricumque lateralium apicibus albis ; rostro ad basin 

 plumbeo in nigrum transeunte ; pedibus nigris. 



Fcem. vel Mas jun. ? Partibus quce in mare nigris in hoc cinerascenti-brunneis ; vittd occipitali fere 

 obsoletd ; guld et pectore fulvo-brunneis ; partibus reliquiis ut in mare. 



Long. tot. 13^ unc. ; rostri, If; alee, 7 ; caudce, 6 ; tarsi, 



Male. Head, neck, and chest black ; hinder part of the neck, shoulders, centre of the wing, rump, 

 and under surface white ; two middle tail-feathers entirely black, the remainder black largely tipped 

 with white ; bill lead colour at the base, black at the tip ; legs black. 



Female, or Young of the year ? Upper surface of a dingy brown where the male is black ; only 

 a faint indication of the white collar at the back of the neck ; throat and chest brownish buff; other 

 parts as in the male. 



Syn. Vanga nigrogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837- 

 Cracticus varius, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 261. 



Remark. This species has been referred by Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield to the Cassican de la 

 Nouvelle Guinee of Buffon's PI. Enl. ; but on comparing our bird with his plate we have no hesitation 

 in pronouncing them distinct. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



