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CRACTICUS RUFESCENS, Devis.
Rufous Crow-Shrike.
a m t i r n s rufescem, D e v i^ i r p b . Linn. Sue. N. S. Wales, vii. p. 562 (1883).
a n . o ow je r cower, »ho met with the species in Queensland. At first sight it look;
,ke an immature bird o f some of the black or pied ^ t c i e s o f Cracticvs, and this was our impression o.
— i n — ■ H S H bUt after B H Mr- Bo™ ' 8 with the immatnr,
birds o f the other Australian CracLc, we find that C. nfeS cem is undoubtedly a good species
M B ™ S’ ° firs‘ deskcr,l; ed '*• te<ieived his specimens from the Tally and Murray River Scrubs,
Mr. Bowyer Bower met with the species in October a t Gordon's Camp on the Mnlgrave River, twenty.
r i d e i s c a r c ” 7 * * ‘he ° " ly " *'* " ^ “ » -h o o d and was
The following descriptions are. taken from an adult pair o f birds procured by Mr. Bowyer Bower in
Queensland and given by him to the British Museum:__
H B m H B h B r I ab° ’'e light rUf0“S’ ^ “ streaked with oebreous buff and brown,
he feathers bemg pale the centre and brown on the margins, upper tail-coverts pale tawny rufous,
esser wing-coverts also pale taw n y , median and greater coverts blackish brown, with whitish or pale H med,a” H °f p a le . ,a'™?> ■ da* BH externally marked with pale tawny
of head H R a " 27 ’ ' £ ,n" er W the ce" tre f t athers light rufous, crown
of head, hind neck and upper mantle black, streaked with tawny rufous, more broadly on the latter-
H B a R H H r ■ a "d ear-CO''erts ,a™y r“f° “8. «-¡tl. dusky brown edges to the
lo d flank " .h i I H HI B b° dy P a k Hi ba(r- ra,her ” 0re body, fla ks thigh , and under tad-coverts, axillaries and under wing-coverts ™clfe°a1r1 8t a°w" n"y>, a „e„Wilelss odfu stkhye
brown* — 1 8 H N H I , “ B H ' ead' COl° a r “ baSe’ PaSsin« inl° b,ack a t tha H S iris
The feinal Hfl Hi ■ le"g‘h ^ Hi ^ H ■ 6 '5S' tail M H H culmen 2'T, w b g ^ -d , ^ail S-V^farsns* s,reaked wi,h,rufous above. Total length 13 inches,
IBnMIW fl “ • I ■ 1 1 - 1 - ^ m ... —
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