LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
yangaaustrcdh Stephens in Slinw s Gon. Zool., \ ol. XIII., pt. n., p. 150, 1826 (end) : Now South Wales (Sydney). 
Yanga cincrea Goultl, Synops. Birds Ausfcr., pt. i. # pi. (2), Jan. 1st, 1837: Tasmania. 
Crocticus argenteus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1840, p. 120, July 1841 : " N.W. Coast " = Port Essington 
Northern Territory. 
Crocticus hucoptcrus Gould, Birds Aust,, Introd., 8vo ed. # p. 3o, August 1st, 1848 : South-west Australia. 
Crocticus torquatusolindus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 374, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Olindn, Victoria. 
CratticM torquatus ethcUr Mathews, ib., p. 375: Eyre's Peninsula, South Australia. 
Crocticustorquatua collctti Mathews, Austral Av. Bee.. Vol. I., pt. 2, p. 46, April 2nd, 1912 : Mary Biver, Northern 
Territory. 
Crocticus torquatus coki Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. I., pt. 5, p. 119, Dec. 24th, 1912 : Malice, Victoria. 
Distribution. Australia generally and Tasmania. 
512. BULESTES MENTALIS. BLACK-BACKED BUTCHER-BIRD. 
[Crocticus mcntalis Salvador! et D'Albertis, Ann. IMus. Av. Gonova, Vol. VII., p. 824, “ 1875," 1876 : Nicura, 
South-east New Guinea. Extra-limital.] 
Mathews, Vol. X., pt. 6, pi. 487, June 5th, 1923. 
Crocitus mentalis kempi Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. I., pt. 4, p. 95, Sopt. 18th, 1912 : Capo York, Queensland. 
Distribution. North Queensland (Cape York district). 
CCCXCVIII. Genus STREPERA. 
Strepera Lesson, Traits d'Ornith., livr. 5, p. 329, (Dec.) 1830. Type (by tautonymy) : Coracias 8trepera=Corvus 
graculinus White. 
Cmnica Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., pt. I., pi. (5), Jan. 1st, 1837. Type (by subsequent designation, Selby, Cat. 
Generic and Subgeneric. Types Aves, p. 16, 1840) : C. fuliginosa Gould. 
Stostrepera Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. I., pt. 8, p. 196, March 20th, 1913. Type (by original designation) : 
Strepera arguta Gould. 
513. STREPERA GRACULINA. PIED CROW-SHRIKE. 
Gould, Vol. IL,pl. 42 (pt. xv.), June 1st, 1844. Mathews, Vol. X.,pt. G, pi. 4S8, June 5th, 1923. 
Ccrm graculinus White, Journ. Voy. New South Wales, p. 251, before Aug. 1790 : Sydney, Now South Wales. 
Coracias strepera Latham, Index Ornith., Vol. I., p. 173, (Dec. 9th) 1790 : New South Wales (Sydney). 
Grcculachalybea Voigt's ed., Cuvier’s Thier-reich, Vol. I., p. 435, (pref. Easter) 1831 : Now South Wales (Sydney). 
Santa sirepens “Merr.” Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p. 367, " 1850" (before Feb. 1S51). In synonymy 
of graculinus. 
Streperagraculina robinsoni Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 443, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Johnstone River, Queens¬ 
land. 
Slrtpira graculin a as/ibj/i Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. II., pt. 4, p. 78, Dec. 29th, 1913 : Black Spur, Victoria. 
S'eostrcpra versicolor riordani Mathews, ib.: [Otway Forester] Geelong, Victoria. 
Strtpera graculina magniroslris H. L. White, Emu, Vol. XXII., pt. 4, p. 258, April 5th, 1923 : Cape York, North 
Queensland. 
Distribution. Eastern Australia from Cape York, North Queensland, to Victoria. 
514. STREPERA MELANOPTERA. BLACK-WINGED CROW-SHRIKE. 
Mathews, Vol. X., pt. 6, pi. 489, June 5th, 1923. 
Sfcpera melanoptera Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1S-1G, p. 20, May : South Australia. 
Streperamelanoptera halmaturina Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 444, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Kangaroo Island, 
South Australia. 
Strepera melanoptera howei Mathews, ib. : Kow Plains, Victoria. 
Distribution. Victorian Mallee and South Australia. Kangaroo Island. 
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