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sturnid.t:. 



Cracticus with the body above slate-colour, beneath M'hitish ; 

 with the head, occiput, part of the nape, and tlie cheeks black ; 

 the sides of the neck with a white lunule ; the wings dusky- 

 brown j the secondary feathers edged with white ; the tail 

 black, with a white tip. 



Barita destructor. Temm. PI. Col, 273. male. — Van ga destruc- 

 tor. Steph. V. xiii. p. 1 50 ? 



Inhabits New Holland. Length near eleven 

 inches : a sort of black hood covers the head, occi- 

 put, part of the nape, and the cheeks ; the lores are 

 clothed with small white feathers, which are turned 

 towards the base of the beak : beneath them several 

 strong, stiff bristles arise : the hinder part of the 

 neck, the back, and the scapulars, are slate-colour, 

 more or less deep : the throat, the fore part of the 

 neck, and the breast, are white : the sides of the 

 neck are marked with a white lunule : the middle of 

 the belly and the vent are whitish ; the flanks are 

 ashy, more or less deep : the wings are dusky-brown, 

 but the secondary quills, with the exception of the 

 three nearest the body, are inwardly edged with 

 white ; and some of them have a white border to 

 their outer webs, which forms a longitudinal band on 

 the wing : the outer edge of the wings and several 

 of the coverts are also bordered with white : the tail 

 is even, black, all but the two middle feathers, tipped 

 with white : the beak is two inches long, blue at the 

 base, and black at the tip. Those parts which are 

 black in the male are deep brown in the female : the 

 shafts of the feathers on the head are white ; the lon- 

 gitudinal band on the wings is wanting : the inner 



