BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 269 



Coronr ameriranvs Boucard, Catal. Avium, 1870, 202, no. 8808. 



Corone nmericann Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mu.';.. iii, 1877, 84, part (Toronto, 

 Ontario ; ' ' Upper Canada' ' ) . 



Corvus friigivorus Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1875, .346 (ex Conmsfrugi- 

 vorui<, the common croir, Bartram, Travels, 290; Pennsylvania); Check List, 

 2d ed., 1882, no. 340.— Kidgway, Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 282.— 

 (?) Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 168 (Galveston Bay and near 

 Brazos R., s. e. Texas).— Merriam, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 2.36 

 (Point du Monts, prov. Quebec, Canada). — Chamberlain, Bull. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. N. B., i, 1882, 42 (New Brunswick, sum. resid.). — (?) Ogilby, Scient. 

 Proc. Roy. Dubl. Soc, iii, 1882, 49 (Navarro Co., n. e. Texas, resident; 

 habits) . 



C[orvus'] frugivorus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 417. 



CORVUS AMERICANOS PASCUUS Coues. 

 FLOEIDA CROW, 



Similar to O. a. americanus^ but averagfin^ smaller, except bill and 

 feet. 



Adult male.—Lmgth. (skins), 413-1:82.5 (452); wing, 279.5-324 (304); 

 tail, 153-185.5 (175); exposed culmen, 48-55.5 (51.5); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 18-20 (19): tarsus, 58.5-66.5 (62.5); middle toe, 36-38.5 (38).« 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 425.5-457.5 (438); wing, 293.5-311.5 

 (304): tail, 166.5-175 (169); exposed culmen, 48-53.5 (51); depth of bill 

 at nostrils, 18-20.5 (19); tarsus, 58.5-63.5 (62); middle toe, 37.5-39.5 

 (38). « 



Peninsula of Florida.* 



Corvuf^ americanus, xar. floridanus (not Comtsjloridnnus Bonaparte, 1826) Baird, 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 568 (near Fort Dallas, s. Florida; coll. V. S. 

 Nat. Mus. ); ed. 1860 (Birds N. Am.), atlas, pi. 67, fig. 1.— Baird, Brewer, 

 and RiDGWAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 247.— (?) Brown, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, iv, 1879, 10 (Coosada, Alabama). 



C[onnis'] var. floriihtnuN Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 560. 



[^Corrns americanus] var. Corvus Jiondanuf! Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 427. 



\_CorvuH americanus^ v&r. foridtnius Coves, Key, 1872, 168. 



Corvus americanus . . . var. fioridanuif Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 228^7. 



Corvus floridanns Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 

 pl.'37, fig. 9 (bill). 



\_Corvus americanus] h.floridamts Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 206 (synonymy). 



[Corvus americanus'] var. floridanus Hexshaw, Orn. Rep. Wheeler's Surv., 1879, 

 305 (crit.). 



Coriyus frugivorus Jloridanus Ridgway, Proc. C. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 

 184; Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 282(/.— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, 

 no. 341. 



C[orvus] /[rugivorus] Jloridanus Coves, Key, N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 417. 



Cort'us americanus Jloridanus American Ornithologists' Union, Check List. 1886, 

 no. 488a.— Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 319 (Tarpon Springs, Punta Ras.«a, and Key 

 West, Florida); "vii, 1890, 311 (East Key, Florida).— Mortimer, Auk. vii, 

 1890, 341 (Orange Co., Florida; habits).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. .\m. Birds, 

 pt. 2, 1895, 41.3, pi. 4, figs. 13, 14 (eggs). 



«Six specimens. ^ (?) Also coast district of Georgia, Alabama, etc. 



