WHITE-WINGED CHOUGH. 
Corcorax mdanoramphos melanoramphos Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVUI., p. 445, 1912 ; 
id,, list Birds Aastr., p. 317, 1913. 
Corcorax mehrioramphos subniger Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 446, Jan. 31st, 
1912: (Ringwood) Victoria; id., Austral Av. Rec., Vol. I., p. 64, 1912. 
Corcorax mdanoramphos xohitecs Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 446, Jan. 31st, 
1912 : E\Te’s Peninsula, South Australia; id.. List Birds Austr., p. 317, 1913; 
Belcher, Birds Geelong, p. 372, 1914. 
Distribution. Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia. 
Adult male. Feathers of the lores, top of the head and neck dull black, slightly glossed 
■mth. purple; upper back and mantle black, slightly glossed with purple and with a 
spot of glistening purplish-blue at the extremity of each feather, producing 
a spangled appearance; rump and upper tail-coverts dull black ; tail-feathers 
black, slightly glossed with steel-blue ; primaries black on the outer web and with 
the greater part of the imier web silvery-wliite broadly tipped with black ; 
secondaries black, slightly glossed on the outer web with greenish-blue; entire 
under-parts black, very slightly glossed with blue on the chest and sides of the 
body. Eyes scarlet, bill and feet black. Total length 470 mm. ; culmen 40, 
wing 242, tail 205, tarsus 65. Figured. Collected at Penrith, New South Wales, in 
August, 1891. 
The sexes are alike. 
Adult female. Feathers of the top of the head, neck, back, mantle, upper tail-coverts, 
scapulars and wing-coverts black, glossed with purple, and with a metallic spot near 
the extremity of each feather, producing a spangled appearance; tail-feathers 
uniform black, glossed on the outer w'ebs with steel-blue ; primaries black, glossed 
on the outer web with dull blue ; inner webs of all the primaries for their greater 
part silvery-wliite, the white increasing inwards on the wing; secondaries uniform 
black, glossed with purplish-blue ; entire under-surface of the body black, glossed 
slightly on the sides. Eyes scarlet, bill and feet black. Total length 410 mm. ; 
culmen 37, wing 225, tail 190, tarsus 57. Collected near Lake Greenly, Eyres 
Peninsula, South Australia, on the 29th of August, 1911, and is the type of C. m. 
whitece. 
Immature male. Head, neck, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, scapulars and wing-coverts 
clothed with smoky-black feathers of a silky texture ; over each eye and at the 
back of the neck a few of the white nestling feathers still adliering to the new 
black second plumage; tail black, slightly glossed with glossy green ; primaries 
black on the outer web and silvery-white for the greater part of the inner web ; 
secondaries black, slightly glossed with green; entire imder-surface of the body 
dull smoky-black. Eyes light brownish, feet brownish-black, bill light horn 
with lighter tip. Collected at Streaky Bay, Eyre’s Peninsula, South Australia, in 
August, 1911. 
Eggs. Five to seven eggs form the clutch, although sometimes as many as nine are met 
with. A clutch of five eggs taken at Belltrees, Upper Hunter River, New South 
Wales, on the 12th of September, 1909, is of a pale creamy-white ground-colour, 
boldly spotted and blotched with olive-brown, blackish-brown and slaty-grey, some 
of the blotches being very large. Ovals in shape. Shell coarse-grained and 
minutely pitted all over and slightly glossy. 38-42 by 28-29 mm. 
Nest. A large, open, bowl-shaped structure, composed of mud reinforced with ^grasses, 
etc., and lined with fur, bark, feathers, grasses, and sometimes sheep s wool. 
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