BLACK-THROATED BUTCHER-BIRD. 
H. L. White, ib., Vol. XVI., p. 225, 1917 (N.T.) ; Campbell and Barnard, ib., Vol. 
XVII., p. 37, pi. IX., 1917 (N.Q.) ; Campbell, ib., Vol. XVIII., p. 188, 1919 
(N.T.). 
Cracticus robustus (errore) Bonaparte Consp. Gen. Ay., Vol. I., p. 367, 1850 : Ramsay, Proc. 
Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. II., p. 180, 1878 ; id.. Tab. List Anstr. Birds, p. 4, 1888 ; 
Webb, Emu, Vol. II., p. 109, 1902 (N.Q.). 
Cracticus nigrigularis subsp. picatus Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Vol. VIII., p. 96, 1883 ; 
Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 302, 1901. 
Cracticus nigrogularis picatus Kilgour, Emu, Vol. IV., p. 37, 1904 ; Hartert, Nov. Zool., 
Vol. XII., p. 229, 1905 ; Mathews, ib., Vol. XVIII., p. 374, 1912 ; id., List Birds 
Austr., p. 243, 1913 ; Soderberg, Kungl. Svenska Vet. Handl., Band 52, p. 98, 
1918 (N.W.A.) ; Campbell, Emu, Vol. XXI., p. 194, 1922 (N.T.). 
Cracticus nigrogularis nigrogularis Hartert, Nov. Zool., Vol. XII., p. 229, 1905 ; Mathews, 
ib., Vol. XVIII., p. 374, 1912 ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 243, 1913. 
Cracticus nigrogularis inlcermani Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 374, Jan. 31st, 
1912 : Inkerman, Queensland ; id.. Austral Av. Rec., Vol. 2, p. 60, 1912 ; id., List 
Birds Austr., p. 243, 1913. 
Cracticus nigrogularis mellori Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 374, Jan. 31st, 1912 : 
South Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 243, 1913 ; S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XIV., 
p. 189, 1915 (Central Australia). 
Cracticus nigrogularis kalgoorli Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 374, Jan. 31st, 1912 : 
Kalgoorlie, West Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 243, 1913. 
Cracticus nigrogularis tormenti Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 46, April 2nd, 
1912 : Napier Broome Bay, North-west Australia ; id., List Birds Austr., p. 243, 
1913. 
Cracticus nigrogularis territori Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 4, p. 77, Dec. 29th, 
1913 : Mt. Shoobridge, Northern Territory. 
Cracticus nigrogularis coongani Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. 5, pts. 2-3, p. 35, 
Feb. 21st, 1923 : Coongan River, Mid- west Australia. 
Distribution. Australia generally. Not Tasmania. 
Adult male. Entire head and neck all round and breast deep black with black hair-like 
tips to many of the feathers on the nape, hind-neck and chin ; mantle white ; back 
and scapulars black ; lesser upper wing-coverts white, median coverts black and 
white ; bastard-wing and outer greater coverts blackish, more or less marked with 
white, the inner portion of the latter for the most part white marked with black ; 
primary-coverts white, irregularly marked with black ; flight-quills black, white at 
the base on the outer webs of the primaries and some of the inner ones margined 
with white at the tips on the inner webs, the outer secondaries broadly margined 
with white on the inner webs, winch increases in extent until the whole of the inner 
web is covered, the middle ones entirely white with black shafts, the innermost 
ones entirely black ; rump and upper tail-coverts white ; tail black, white at the 
base and at the tips of the lateral feathers ; rictal-bristles black ; the feathers 
in front of the eye and base of the forehead are black in colour and bristly in 
structure ; abdomen, sides of body, thighs and under tail-coverts cream-white ; 
axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; under-surface of flight-quills blackish- 
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