CRACTICIDJE. 
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Genus BULESTES Cab. 
Bidestes Cabanis, Mus. Hein. vol. i. p. 6G, (after Oct. 23rd) 1851. 
Type (by monotypy): Lanius torquatus Latham. 
Bulestes torquatus (Lath.). Grey Butcher-Bird. 
Distr. —Australia and Tasmania. 
Bulestes torquatus torquatus (Lath.). (8-100.) 
Lanius torquatus Latham, Ind. Orm, Suppl. p. xviii, (after May 30th) 
1801: Sydney, New South Wales. (Fig. Gould, ii. pi. 52.) 
Barita destructor Tcmminck et Laugier, Planch. Color. d’Ois. 46th livr. pi. 273 
(vol. iii.), May 22nd, 1824 : Sydney. 
Vanga australis Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool. vol. xiii. pt. ii. p. 150, 1826 
(end): Sydney. 
Distr . — New South Wales and Queensland. 
Bulestes torquatus cinerea (Gould). (8-101.) 
Vanga cinerea Gould, Synops. Birds Austr. pt. i. pi. 2, Jan. 1st, 1837 : 
Tasmania. 
Distr. — Tasmania. 
Bulestes torquatus argenteus (Gould). (8-90.) 
Silver-backed Butcher-Bird. 
Craeticus argenteus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1840, p. 126, July, 
1841 : Hanover Bay, North-West Australia. 
Distr. —North-West Australia. 
Bulestes torquatus leucopterus (Gould). (8-98.) 
Craeticus leucopterus Gould, Birds Austr., Introd. 8vo ed. p. 35, 
Aug. 1st, 1848 : South-West Australia. 
Distr. — South-West Australia. 
Bulestes torquatus olindus (Math.). 
Craeticus torquatus olindus Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 374, 
Jan. 31st, 1912 : Olinda, Victoria. (Fig. Math. x. pi. 486.) 
Craeticus torquatus ethdee Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 375, Jan. 31st, 
1912 : Eyre’s Peninsula, South Australia. (Fig. Math. x. pi. 486.) 
Distr. — Victoria and South Australia. 
Bulestes torquatus colletti (Math.). 
Craeticus torquatus colletti Mathews, Austral Av. Bee. vol. i. p. 46, 
April 2nd, 1912: Mary River, Northern Territory. 
Distr. — Northern Territory (inland). 
Bulestes torquatus colei (Math.). 
Craeticus torquatus colei Mathews, Austral Av. Rec. vol. i. p. 119, 
Dec. 24th, 1912 : Mallee, Victoria. 
Distr .— Victoria (Mallee). 
