( 59) 



I think, be distiiiguisbed specificall}' from those from Rnk or Luganor, the only 

 island from wliere 1 liave siJecimens before me, and some from the Pelew Islands 

 are also quite similar, though, on an average, with a trifle shorter wings. Wigles- 

 worth (V.r.) states that " specimens from Yap are bigger than those from Ualan, bnt 

 otherwise similar." 



Two eggs found on Guam March 11th, IS'Jo, "position of nest on ' Xinginku " 

 tree." The eggs resemble much the eggs of several species of Caloriiis. They are 

 of a very pale blue, spotted all over with deep rufous brown and deeper-lying 

 brownish violet patches and spots, and measure 29 : 20 mm. 



15. Corvus kubaryi Rchw. (Oust. I. p. 218). 



Corvus soUtar'ms Kittl , Reiae II. p. 143 (1858) (Guam) {mc C. mJitarius Wiirtt. 1852, ex Hayti) 



(descr. nulla !). 

 Corvus kuhanji Rchw., Jnurn.f. Oni. 1885. p. 110 (Pelew Is.). 

 Cnrum; phUippina Wiglesw. {nee Bp.), Ares Polynes. p. 4G. 

 Curvus solitarius, Oustalet in Noui: Arch. Ser. III. Vol. VII. p. 218 (1895). 



Kittlitz (I.e.) says : " In these forests (of the island of Gnaham) lives singly 

 a species of crow, which at the beginning I thought to be Corvus corone, and 

 therefore neglected. Only too late I convinced myself that it was a new bird, 

 to which I gave, for the time being, the name of Corvus solitarius, but I never 

 found time to describe it properly. Unfortunately I could only keep one of several 

 I shot. Afterwards I found the species again in Manila. I saw this crow always in 

 trees only." From this note it is clear that Kittlitz's name is merely a " nomen 

 nudum," besides being preoccupied by C. solitarius Wiirtt (1852). It can therefore 

 not be used for the Guam crow. 



Wiglesworth, who certainly never saw a specimen of it, considered the Guam 

 crow to be C. iihilippina, from which however it difters at a glance in its small 

 size, the wing being more than two inches shorter, the bill and everything else 

 incomparably less. It is much more like Corvus pusillus Tweedd., and from that 

 species (also a Philippine one) it is chiefly distinguished by its dark black plumage, 

 with only very little steel-blue gloss, and by a somewhat differently shaped liill. 



I have sent one of our Guam skins to Prof. Reichenow, who kindly informs me 

 that it is his C. kubanji, which however he described as coming from the Pelew 

 Islands. 



Our specimens measure: J. Culm. 53—57 mm.; al. 230 — 245; caud. 160 — 170: 

 tars. 50. ?. Culm. 48— .:)2 mm.; al. 220—230; caud. 160; tars. 50. 



A dwarfed specimen, se.x doubtful, Guam, .July 25th, has the wing only 

 212 mm.; tail 146; culm. 47. 



Local name: " Tolile." Bill black; iris 111. 5 (vandyke brown); feet and claws 

 black. Total length about 15 — 16 inches. Prom December to February they were 

 in good plumage, but those shot late in March or later were very iLl)raded and 

 rough. 



Marche has also obtained a skin at Rota. Future researches must show 

 whether this raven is really found in the Pelew Archipelago. It is strange 

 that former collectors did not find it there, as a crow is not a bird which is easily 

 overlooked. I cannot help doubting the correctness of the statement that it comes 

 from the Pelew Islands. 



