VANGA CINEREA, Gould. 
Male. 
Mas. Vang.capite et nucha nigris ; dor so, humeris et uropygio griseis ; tectricibus caudce albis ; caudd 
nigra, rectricibus interne ad apicem alba, duabus intermediis exceptis; lined inter rostrum et ocvlos, 
secundariis in medio, tectricibus nmjoribus, guld et corpore siditus albis ; rostro ad basin plunibeo 
ad apicem nigra ; pedibus nigris. 
Long. tot. 12^ unc. ; rostri, 1|; ales, 6; caudce, 5f ; tarsi, \\. 
Male. Crown of the head, ears and back of the neck black; back, shoulders and rump delicate grey ; 
upper tail-coverts white ; tail black, largely tipped with white on the inner webs, except the two middle 
feathers, which are wholly black ; space between the bill and the eye, middle of the secondaries, greater 
wing-coverts, throat, and all the under surface white; primaries black ; bill bluish lead colour at the 
base, passing into black at the tip ; legs black. 
Female. Differs from the male in being browner and less distinct in all her markings. 
Vanga cinerea, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, Part V., 1837. 
Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 
