GRAUCALUS PARVIROSTRIS, Gould. 

 Fig. 1. 



Grauc.fronte, facie, lateribus colli, guldque nigris ; vertice, corpore supra, alisque in medio cinereis • 

 primarns, secondamsque intus nigrescentibus, griseo marginatis; caudd nigrescente, ad basin ci 

 nered, ad apicem large alba, rectricibus infermediis exceptis ; pectore cinereo ; abdomine imo aid 

 interna, crissoque albis ; lateribus, femoribusque pallide cinereis ; rostro pedibusque niqrescenti- 

 fuscis. 1 



Long. tot. 12 unc; rostri, 1J ; alee, 7^ ; caudal, 6 ; tarsi, 1. 



Forehead, sides of the face and neck, and the throat jet black ; crown of the head, all the upper 

 surface, and centre of the wings delicate grey ; primaries and the inner webs of the secondaries deep 

 brownish black, the former narrowly and the latter broadly margined with greyish white ; tail grey 

 at the base passing into deep brownish black and largely tipped with white ; the grey colouring pre- 

 dominating on the two centre feathers, which are destitute of the white tips ; chest grey, into which the 

 black of the throat gradually passes ; lower part of the abdomen, under surface of the wing, and under 

 tail-coverts white ; flanks and thighs grey ; bill and feet brownish black. 



Syn. Graucalus parvirostris, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Sbc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. This species differs from G. melanops principally in the much smaller size of the bill and 

 the lighter tint of the grey. 



Habitat Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



GRAUCALUS MELANOTIS, Gould. 

 Fig. 2. 



Gram, low, lined infra-oculari, plumisque auricularibus nigris ; vertice, nucha, collique lateribus, 

 dorso, uropygio, cauda? tectricibus, humerisque pallide cinereis ; primariis, secondariisque intus 

 nigrescenti-fuscis, cinereo marginatis; rectricibus caudce nigrescenti-fuscis, ad basin cinereis, ad 

 apicem large albis; guld, pectore, later ibusque cinereis, fusco fasciatis ; abdomine imo, femoribus 

 crissoque, albis ; rostro iiigrescente ad apicem, ad basin rufescente ; pedibus fuscis. 



Long. tot. 13 unc; rostri, ij; alai, 7| ; caudal, ; tarsi, \\. 



Lores, a line beneath the eye, and the ear-coverts black ; crown of the head, back and sides of the 

 neck, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and upper portion of the wings delicate light grey ; primaries 

 and inner webs of the secondaries blackish brown, slightly margined with greyish white ; tail-feathers 

 grey at the base, gradually passing into blackish brown, and largely tipped with white, the grey 

 colouring predominating on the two centre ones ; throat, chest, and flanks grey, crossed by irregular 

 bars of a darker tint ; lower part of the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts white ; bill blackish 

 brown at the tip, passing into reddish brown at the base ; legs and feet blackish brown. 



Syn. Graucalus melanotis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 



Remark. Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield considered this bird as identical with the Papuan Crow of 

 Latham, but on comparison I find this is not the case ; it may ultimately prove to be an immature 

 male, or a female of G. melanops, but until future observation has cleared up this point it will be 

 better to characterize it as distinct. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



GRAUCALUS MELANOPS, Fig. % Horsf. 

 Fig. S. 



Grauc. genis,plumis auricularibus, guldque nigerrimis; vertice, corpore superiore, tectricibusque alarum 

 cinereis ; primariis nigris, ad marginem externum, et ad apicem cinereis ; secondariis cinereis, intus 

 nigro marginatis ; caudd ad basin cinered, apicem versus nigra, apice ipso late albo ; pectore ni- 

 grescenti-cinereo ; abdomine imo pallide cinereo ; crisso albo ; rostro, pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 121 u nc# ; rostri, If; alai, 8 ; caudm, 6 ; tarsi, 1. 



Forehead, sides of the face, ear-coverts, and throat jet black ; crown of the head, all the upper sur- 

 face, and wing-coverts delicate grey ; primaries black, their outer edges and tips margined with grey ; 

 secondaries grey, with their inner webs black ; tail grey at the base, gradually passing into black near 

 the extremity, and broadly tipped with white ; chest blackish grey, into which the black of the throat 

 gradually passes ; lower part of the abdomen pale grey ; under tail-coverts white ; bill and feet black. 



Syn. Corvus melanops, Lath. Ind. Orn., Supp., p. xxiv. no. 1. 

 Ceblepyris melanops, Temm. Man., p. lxii. 

 Rollier a masque noir, Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad., &c, pi. 30. 

 Graucalus melanops, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 216. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



