46t 



WOISY GRAKLE. 



Gracula strepera. G. nigral macula atari albay cauda basi 

 apiceque alba. 



Black Grakle, with white wing-spot, and tail white at the base 

 and tip, 



Corvus graculinus. C. niger, remigum recfricumque basi apice- 

 qve caudce albis. White's Journ. of a Voy. to New South 

 Wales. Append, p. 251. 



Coracias strepera. Lath. ind. orn. 



Noisy Roller. Lath. syn. 



This bird, which is a native of New Holland, is 

 described in Mr. While's Journal of a Voyage to 

 New South Wales under the title of the White- 

 Vented Crow. It is about the size of a Magpie, 

 and in shape not much unlike one, except that the 

 tail is not cuneated, but has all the feathers of 

 equal length: the bird is entirely black, except 

 the vent, the base of the tail-feathers, that of the 

 larger quill-feathers, and the tip of the tail, which 

 are white ; the white base of the larger quill- 

 feathers gives the appearance of a white spot on 

 the middle of the wings when closed: the beak is 

 black, very strong, rather lengthened, the upper 

 mandible slightly emarginated near the tip, and 

 the lower mandible of a pale colour at that part: 

 the legs moderately strong, and black. In Mr. 

 "White's Voyage, above referred to, I have consi- 

 dered this bird as a species of Corvus; but am at 

 present inclined to think it more properly a species 

 of Gracula. Mr. Latham ranks it under the genus 

 Coracias, It is said to be of a noisy and restless 



