THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
tail-coverts and base of tail white with blackish shafts to the latter ; tip of tail 
and outer web of the outermost feather on each side, except at the base, black ; 
under tail-coverts, axillaries, and lesser under wing-coverts white, the greater series 
of the latter black ; the two outer primaries on both wings are in moult ; under- 
suiface of flight-quills glossy black ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper-surface. 
Bill pale blue, darker at the tip, feet and legs black, eyes orange-red. Total length 
373 mm. ; culmen 51, wing 250, tail 131, tarsus 56. Figured. Collected at Broome 
Hill, South-east Australia, on the 19th of February, 1919, as is dorsalis Campbell. 
Immature. Rather like the adult female but duller. 
Immature. Rather like the adult female. Sides of neck and a band across the hind-neck 
cream-white ; mantle, back and rump ash-grey, the feathers tipped with whitish, 
and some of them have dark shaft-lines ; scapulars black with steel-blue, or steel- 
green reflections ; upper wing-coverts and outer edge of wing white, some of the 
greater series marked with blackish-brown at the tips ; bastard-wing and primary- 
overts black, some of the latter white at the base and along the greater portion 
of the outer webs ; flight-quills black, becoming blackish-brown on the margins 
of the inner-webs and at the tips of some of the feathers ; upper tail-coverts and 
base of tail white with black shafts to the feathers of the latter, terminal portion 
of tail black, which colour extends down the entire length of outer web of the outermost 
featner on each side ; crown of head, sides of face, throat, breast, abdomen, sides of 
body and thighs black, glossed with steel-blue or steel-green ; rictal-bristles black ; 
the feathers on the chin are bristly in texture and have black hair-like tips ; vent 
and under tail-coverts white like the axillaries and under wing-coverts ; under- 
surface of flight-quills blackish-brown ; lower aspect of tail similar to its upper- 
surface. Total length 380 mm. ; culmen 46, wing 257, tail 138, tarsus 57. Collected 
in Victoria. 
Gymnorhina leuconota Gray. 
Eggs. Three to five for a setting, but five are rarely met with. They vary very considerably 
in the general colouring and markings, shape and size, and run close with those of 
the common G. tibicen. A clutch of three of rather a common variety met with is long 
oval in shape, ground-colour of a pale greenish tinge, blotched and streaked with 
light to dark umber, and dull slate, and chiefly at the larger end. Surface of 
shell slightly granular, and rather glossy. The clutch measures 44 mm by 27. 
Another clutch containing four eggs, has a pinkish-white ground-colour, closely 
covered all over with very minute specks of reddish-brown very closely set together 
and upon which are blotches and spots of deep reddish-brown, purplish-brown, and 
slate, and all having around their edges a peculiar smudged appearance. A great 
contrast to the previous clutch described. The clutch measures 40-41 mm. by 
29. A clutch of three has quite a greyish ground-colour upon which are very few 
markings, each egg possessing a few scattered spots and hair-lines of umber and 
dull slate. Surface of shell rather granular and somewhat glossy. The clutch 
measures 43 mm. by 29. 
Nest. A large open dish-shaped structure of sticks and twigs, and lined with bark, grass, 
wool, cow-hair, etc., and placed at heights varying from 12 to 40 feet or more. Nest 
over all measures about 13 to 18 inches. 
Eggs. In the form named dorsalis there appears to be much more uniformity in the general 
colour and markings, and in shape and size of the eggs of this bird than is the case 
with those of any other species of the Gymnorhina ; consequently a typical clutch 
is very easily picked out from a series of fourteen lots for comparison. The eggs 
vary from three to five for a setting, and four eggs appear to be the most usual 
number met with. A typical clutch of four is rather swollen oval in shape. 
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