THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Campbell has recorded {Emu, Vol. XX., p. 61, 1920) from the Torres 
Straits Islands, Graucalus melanops, writing : “ One male. In plumage change 
i.e., does not show the black throat and fore-head, which parts are mottled 
black and grey, and the tail feathers are much abraded. The bill, however, 
is larger than that of any other example of the species in the collection. Wing 
177 mm. as against wing 200 mm. for a Victorian specimen.” 
This may refer to a distinct subspecies or even to a different species, as 
these birds differ very slightly in the different species. The large bill is a 
common feature in connection with Papuan representatives of this family, 
and I have not accepted any extra-limital subspecies of the present species, 
as the material does not warrant such. 
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