THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Barnard wrote : “ One pair observed at Cape York, which had evidently 
got astray, and remained for a short period only in the locality.” 
Macgillivray later noted that McLennan saw a Pied Bell-Magpie on the 
Pascoe River, but did not get a specimen. 
Recently H. L. White received eggs from Coen, Cape York Peninsula, 
and noted that the difference in the eggs from those of the southern form was 
very marked. 
Bryant wrote from Corryong, north-east of Victoria, near the Murray 
River : “ Pied Bell-Magpies were very plentiful, and took a good toll of the 
maize crops, and were ably assisted in this by the Lories and Cockatoos. 
These Black and White ‘ Jays ’ were very tame, and appear to have a very 
great deal of joy in their lives, if their chatter and antics are any guide.” 
Captain S. A. White recorded from the Bunya Mountains, South Queens- 
land : “ This bird was fairly common, but showed preference to the open 
timber country. Their beautiful ringing call is much appreciated amidst 
the mountain forests. They seemed to be mostly in pairs. Upon comparison 
with birds taken further north by the writer, not the slightest variation is 
seen. Sex ? Iris bright yellow ; bill black ; feet black. Total length 485 mm. ; 
wing from body to tip 315 mm. ; spread 760 mm.” 
No subspecies were separated (though be it remarked, melanoptera and 
fuliginosa are representative species of this form), until I admitted in my 
“ Reference List ” 
Strepera graculina graculina (White). 
New South Wales, Victoria. 
Strepera graculina robinsoni Mathews. 
“ Differs from S. g. graculina in its smaller size ; wing 240-247 mm. 
(Johnstone River), North Queensland.” 
North Queensland. 
These were unaltered in my 1913 “ List ” save that I added “ South 
Queensland ” to the range of the former. 
I have since distinguished 
Strepera graculina ashbyi. 
“ Differs from S. g. graculina in its smaller size and lighter colour: Black 
Spur, Victoria,” and Strepera graculina riordani or the Otway Forester, and 
H. L. White has described Strepera graculina magnirostris Cape York and these 
may be accepted. 
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