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shorter and less dense (quite covering nostrils, however), and bill dif- 

 ferently shaped, lH>ino- much more compressed and more rapidly taper- 

 ino- to the point; Urng'th (.skin), :«0.5; wing, 232.5; tail, 135; culmen, 

 43!5; depth of bill at nostrils, 15; tarsus, 48.5; middle toe, 32.5.« 

 Island of Cuba, Greater Antilles. 

 Corru. minuius Gundlach, Journ. Bost. Soc. N. IL, vi, l^f, 315 (Cuba); 

 Journ. fiir Orn., 1856, 97; 1874, 139; Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 290.- 

 Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 569, footnote.-BiiEWKR, Proc. 

 Bost Soc N H., vii, 1860, 307.— Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am Birds, ii, 1874, 234, footnote. -Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 229; Birds W. I., 

 1889, 116; Cat. W. L Birds, 1892, 14, 110, 129, 146 (Cuba). 

 ICorrus} minutusGnAY, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 13, no. 6218.-Cory,^ List Birds U . I., 



1885, 14. 

 Clorvus'] minutus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 363. 

 Cokms minuius Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit, ilus., iii, 1877, 29, footnote. 



CORVUS JAMAICENSIS Gmelin. 

 JAMAICAN CROW. 



Adults {Mexes al ike. )-Generii\ color uniform sooty slate, deepening 

 into black on head; wings and tail darker sooty slate or dull slate- 

 blackish, very faintly glossed with violet; l)ill, legs, and feet black; 



iris grayish brown. ., , , . j 



Adult male.-l.ength (skin), 384; wing, 237.5; tail, 145; exposed 

 culmen, 51; depth of bill at nostrils, 17.5; tarsus, 50; middle toe, 3o. 

 Adidtfemale.— hength {mounted spGcimen), 330.5; wing, 224; tail, 

 136; exposed culmen, 46; depth of bill at nostrils, 17.5; tarsus. 48; 

 middle toe, 32.5. 



Island of Jamaica, Greater Antilles. 

 Corvus jamaicenm Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 367 (based on ChattenngCrow 



Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, i, 377). -Latham, Index Orn., i 1^90, 1d4^ 

 Corrm jamaicemis Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 209; Illustr. Birds Jam., 1849, 

 pi 52 -Denny, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1847, 38.-Albrecht, Journ. fur 

 Om., 1862, 202.-SCLATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 146.-March Proc Ac. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 300.-Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 228; Birds ^\. L,^1889, 

 115- Cat W I Birds 1892, 14, 109, 130 (Jamaica).— Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 1/8. 

 [Corms] jamaicerms Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 13, no. 6215.-ScLATERand Salvin, 



Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 40.— Corv, List Birds W. L, 188o, 14. 

 ClarvuflJamaiccmsBo^AVAWv^, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 385.-BAiRn, Bkewek, and 

 RlDG^vAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 234.-Newton (A. and L.^ Handb. 



.Jam., 1881, 103. 

 Corone jamairemis Boucard, Catalogus Avium, 1S76, 282, no. 8854. 

 Microcoraxjamaicensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. ^SIus., in, 1S< < , 48. 

 [Corvus-] na-sicuH (not of Temmiiu-k) Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 13, no. bl-L iUde 



Sharpe). . — 



aThe single specimen^^mined is in worn plumage, so that the color characters 

 can not be satisfactorily made out. In coloration it is of a duller black than most 

 specimens of C. americanas; but Mr. Cory describes the species as glossy black, 

 showing purple reflec'tions," etc. Tlu> measurements given by Mr. Cory are larger 

 than tbe above, being as follows: -Length (.skin), 15 [=381 mm.]; wing. 10.35 

 [362 mm.]; tail, 6 [162.4 mm.]; tarsu-s, 2 [50.S nun.]: bill. l.SO [4o. < mm.]. 



