GRAUCALUS TENUIROSTRIS, Jard. 



Fig. 1. 



Grauc. loro, lined infra-oculari, plumisque ' auricular ibus, nigerrimis ; alis nigris, plumis extils cinereo 

 marqinatis ; rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis saturate cinereis, lined centrali, apicibusque 

 nigris ; quatuor proximis utrinque nigris ; externa utrinque nigra, ad apicem cinered ; vertice, 

 corporeque saturate cinereis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 9\ unc. ; rostri, 1 J ; alee, 5% ; caudcB, 4>± ; tarsi, J. 



Lores, line beneath the eye, and ear-coverts jet black ; wings black, each feather margined exter- 

 nally with grey ; two middle tail-feathers dark grey, with the shafts and tips black, the four next on 

 each side black, the outer one on each side black, tipped with bluish grey ; crown of the head, all the 

 upper and under surface dark bluish grey ; bill and feet black. 



Syn. Graucalus tenuirostris, Jard. in Journ. of Nat. and Geog. Sci., no. iv. new ser. p. 211. — Jard. 

 and Selb. 111. Orn., vol. iii. pi. cxiv. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



GRAUCALUS SWAINSONII. 



Fig. 2. 



Grauc. loris nigerrimis ; corpore superiore, tectricibus alarum, guld, pectoreque, cinereis ; primariis, 

 secondariisque nigris, illis anguste, his late cinereo marginatis ; caudd nigra, ad basin cinered ; 

 abdomine, crissoque albis, nigro crebre fasciatis ; rostro pedibusque nigris. 



Long. tot. 10 unc. ; rostri, 1 ; alee, 5| ; caudce, 4 ; tarsi, \. 



Lores black ; head, all the upper surface, wing-coverts, throat, and breast grey ; primaries and 

 secondaries black, the former narrowly, and the latter broadly margined on their external edges with 

 grey ; tail grey at the base, black for the remainder of its length ; abdomen, under surface of the 

 shoulder, and under tail-coverts white, crossed by numerous decided narrow bars of black ; bill and 

 feet black. 



Syn. Ceblepyris lineatus, Swains, in Zool. Journ., vol. i. p. 466. 



Remark. As the term lineatus had been previously given to another species of this group, Mr. 

 Swainson's name sinks into a synonym ; and I have therefore dedicated the present species to that 

 gentleman. 



Habitat. Australia : locality, the east coast of New South Wales. 



GRAUCALUS MENTALIS, Vig. 8f Horsf. 

 Fig. 3. 



Grauc. loro, genis, guld, pectoreque nigerrimis; vertice, corpore superiore, alisque saturate cinereis ; 

 primariis, secondariisque nigris ; marginibus externis, apicibusque cinereis ; caudd ad basin ci- 

 nered, apicem versus nigrescente, apice ipso albo ; abdomine cinereo ; crisso albo ; rostro pedi- 

 busque nigris. 



Long. tot. 101 unc. ; rostri, 1J; alee, 6|; caudce, 5 ; tarsi, |. 



Lores, sides of the face, throat, and chest jet black ; crown of the head, all the upper surface, and 

 wings dark grey ; primaries and secondaries black, margined on their external webs and tips with 

 grey; tail grey at the base, passing into blackish brown near the extremity, and tipped with white; 

 abdomen grey, passing into white on the under tail-coverts ; bill and feet black. 



Syn. Graucalus mentalis, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 217- 



Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 



