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cibus fuscis; crisso, et pogoniis internis primariorum secun- 
dariorumque ad basin et tertice partis apicalis rectricum albis. 
All the plumage black, becoming browner on the tips of the 
wing-feathers; base of the inner webs of the primaries and 
secondaries, the under tail coverts and the apical third of the inner 
webs of the tail-feathers white; irides yellow; bill and feet black. 
Total length, 21 inches; bill, 2 ; wing, 11|; tail, 10 ; tarsi, 2£. 
Hab. Van Diemen’s Land. 
Remark. This is the largest species of the genus I have yet seen. 
Strepera plumbea. Strep, corpore superiore pltimbeo-griseo, 
ad frontem loresque multo saturatius; alis nigris; secunda- 
riorum marginibus griseis, apicibus, et crisso, albis. 
All the upper surface leaden-grey, becoming much darker on 
the forehead and lores ; wings black ; secondaries margined with 
grey and tipped with white ; basal half of the inner webs of the 
primaries white, of the outer webs grey ; the remainder of their 
length black, slightly tipped with white; tail black, margined with 
grey and largely tipped with white; all the under surface greyish- 
brown ; under tail-coverts white; irides, bill, and feet, black. 
Total length, 18 inches; bill, 2|; wing, 11|; tail, 9; tarsi, 2J. 
Hab. Western Australia. 
Strepera meeaxoptera. Strep, corpore superiore cauddque 
nigris ; corpore inferiore fusco-nigro, abdomine griseo tincto ; 
crisso rectricibusque, duabus intermediis exceptis, albis. 
All the upper surface, wings and tail black; under surface 
brownish-black, tinged with grey on the abdomen; under tail- 
coverts and tips of all but the two centre tail-feathers white; irides 
yellow; bill and feet black. 
Total length, 19 inches; bill, 2; wing, 11; tail, 9; tarsi, 2g. 
Hab. South Australia. 
Remark. —Distinguished from all other species by the total 
absence of any white mark on the wings. 
Gaeeinula tenebrosa. Gal. griseo-nigra ; dorso scapulari- 
busque nigris ; crisso medio nigro ad later a albo. 
General plumage greyish-black, with the exception of the back 
and scapularies, which are deep brown, and the primaries and tail, 
