VANGA DESTRUCTOR, Temm. 
Male.— Fig. 1. 
Mas. Vang, summo capite, genis, et nucha nigris ; notd ad oculos a rostro alba ; dor so uropygioque 
cinerasccnli-brunneis ; tectricibus caudm albis ; alls nigrescenti-brunneis ; remigum secundarium 
pogoniis externis albis; caudd nigra, rectricibus adapicem interne albis, duabus intermediis exceptis; 
corpore subtus cinerascenti-albo ; rostro ad basin plumbeo ii% nigrum transeunte ; pedibus nigris. 
Long. tot. lli unc. ; rostri, l^; al(E, 5\; caudcB, 4<i-; tarsi, \\. 
Male. Crown of the head, ear-coverts, and back of the neck black ; a white mark from the base of 
the bill to the eye ; back and rump dark greyish brown ; upper tail-coverts white ; wings blackish 
brown ; the middle secondaries white along their outer edges ; tail black, all the feathers except the 
two middle ones tipped with white on their inner webs ; under surface greyish white ; bill lead colour 
at the base passing into black at the tip ; feet black. 
Female. Resembles the male, but is more obscure in all her markings. 
Syn. Vanga destructor, Temm. Man., part i. p. lix. — Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 213. 
Barita destructor, Temm. PI. Col., 273. 
Habitat. Australia : locality. New South Wales. 
VANGA NIGROGULARIS, Gould. 
Male.— Fig. 2. 
Mas. Vang, capite, collo, et pectore nigris ; torque nuchali, ptilis, pteromatum strigd longitudinali, 
dorso inio, uropygio, abdomine, crisso rectricumque lateralium apicibus albis ; rostro ad basin 
plumbeo in nigrum transeunte ; pedibus nigris. 
FcEM. vel Mas jun. ? Partibus qua: in mare nigris in hoc cinerascenti-brunneis ; vittd occipital i fere 
obsoletd ; gtdd et pectore fulvo-brunneis ; partibus reliquiis ut in mare. 
Long. tot. 13|- unc; rostri, If; ala, 7 ; cauda, 6 ; tarsi, \\. 
Male. Head, neck, and chest black ; hinder part of the neck, shoulders, centre of the wing," rump, 
and under surface white ; two middle tail-feathers entirely black, the remainder black largely tipped 
with white ; bill lead colour at the base, black at the tip ; legs black. 
Female, or Young of the year ? Upper surface of a dingy brown where the male is black ; only 
a faint indication of the white collar at the back of the neck ; throat and chest brownish buff ; other 
parts as in the male. 
Syn. Vanga nigrogularis, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837- 
Cracticus varius, Vig. & Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 261. 
Remark. This species has been referred by Messrs. Vigors and Horsfield to the Cassican de la 
Nouvelle Guinee of Buffon's PI. Enl. ; but on comparing our bird with his plate we have no hesitation 
in pronouncing them distinct. 
Habitat. Australia : locality, New South Wales. 
