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Slirike often kept up a continuous carol for over an hour. They are very bold in 
pursuit of their prey, and one was seen tearing a small bird to pieces close to our 
track. The sexes are alike in plumage, the mature birds being black and white, 
whilst the young l)irds of both sexes are brown on throat and chest. Crould has 
described the immature bird as the female. They are generally described as 
“ jackeroos ” by the residents of the north.] 
No. 26. Grallina picata, Latham. Pied Grallina. 
Gracula picata. Lath., Ind. Orn. Supph, p. xxix. (1801). 
Grallina austraiis, Gould, Bds. Austr., fob, Vol. IT., pi. 54. (1848); Sturt, 
Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. IT., App. p. 22 (1849). 
Grallina picata, Sharpe, Crit. Mus. Cat. Bds., Vol. ITT., p. 272 (1877) ; 
North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 79, pi. viii., lig. 12 (1889). 
One adult male, Hermannburg. The range of this species extends all over 
the Australian continent. 
[This well-known bird was found near all permanent waters. They are 
exactly similar to those found throughout the continent. Near Francis’s Well, at 
suirset, we had a visit from a flock of several hundreds of these birds, which 
appeared to be migrating. They were evidently going to camp in tlie trees for the 
night. As a rulo^, except in Autumn, they are found in flocks of six or less, as the 
usual brood is four.] 
No. 27. Graucalus melanops, Latham. Black-faced Graucalus. 
Corvns melanops. Lath. Ind. Orn., Supph, p. xxiv. (1801). 
Graucalus melanops, Gould, Bds. Austr., fob, Vol. IT., pb 55 (1848) ; Sturt, 
Exped. Centr. Austr., Vol. IT., App. p. 22 (1849); Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. Bd.s., 
Vol. IV., pp. 30, 469 (1879); Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., A^ob I., 2n(l 
series, p. 1087 (1886); North, Nests and Eggs Austr. Bds., p. 74, pb ix., 
fig. 4 (1889). 
A. S' ad. sk., Levi Range. 
B. ? ad. sk., Levi Range. 
Two adult specimens. Common all over the Australian Continent. 
[ I his well-known bird was frequently met with in our travels along the Finke 
River, but in the rocky heights of Mereenie Bluff and Stokes’ Pass they were seen 
in large numbers, performing all manner of aerial antics and hopping about the 
rocks in a peculiar manner, which at first suggested the possibility of a new 
species. A closer examination, however, dispelled the illusion.] 
