VANGA CINEREA, Gould. 

 Male. 



Mas. Vang.capite et nucha nigris ; dor so, humeris et uropygio griseis ; tectricibus caudco albis ; caudd 

 nigra, rectricibus interne ad apicem alba, duabus inter mediis exceptis; lined inter rostrum et oculos, 

 secundariis in medio, tectricibus majoribus, guld et corpore subtiis albis ; rostro ad basin plumbeo 

 ad apicem nigro ; pedibus nigris. 



Long. tot. 121 unc . . rostri, 1| ; aim, 6 ; cauda, 5f ; tarsi, l\. 



Male. Crown of the head, ears and back of the neck black ; back, shoulders and rump delicate grey ; 

 upper tail-coverts white ; tail black, largely tipped with white on the inner webs, except the two middle 

 feathers, which are wholly black ; space between the bill and the eye, middle of the secondaries, greater 

 wing-coverts, throat, and all the under surface white ; primaries black ; bill bluish lead colour at the 

 base, passing into black at the tip ; legs black. 



Female. Differs from the male in being browner and less distinct in all her markings. 



Vanga cinerea, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 

 Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



