PASSERES— CORVID.E 3 



(^ 9 Black, glossed with blue and violet ; neck (sides and 

 behind), back, and underparts ashy grey. Bill, legs and feet 

 bkick. Wing rC 315-338, $ 295-319. Tarsus 53-60. Bill 46-52. 



Breeds. — Europe generally, E. and N. of a line from Elbe and 

 Rhine down to Italy ; Ireland, Isle of Man, Mid and N. Scotland, 

 Faroes. Partial migrant ; occurs in winter Holland, Belgium, 

 England, Switzerland, W. Germany. Of rare occurrence in N.W. 

 Africa. Interbreeds with " C. corone'' and hybrids are fertile. 



C. comix sardonius Kleinschmidt. Smaller. Wing $ 280- 

 324, $ 27S-317 (Meinertzhagen). 



Resident. — Corsica, Sardinia, Balkans, Palestine, Egypt. 



C. comix kaukasicus Gengler. Grey with strong brown 

 tinge, especially on back ; shaft streaks dark grey, not very 

 conspicuous ; wings also strongly tinged with brown, neck lighter 

 blue gloss ; bases of feathers pale grey. 



Resident. — Caucasus. 



C. comix minos Meinertzhagen. Nearest " C. c. pallescens" 

 froni Cyprus, a very pale form approaching " C. capellanus" from 

 the Persian Gulf, but differs in longer wing and deeper and 

 longer beak. Wing 313-327 ("pallescens" 294-299). Culmen 

 55-61, height 20-22 ("pallescens" 49-56, height 17-5-19). 

 (Meinertzhagen.) 



Resident. — Crete ; may prove to occur also in Greek islands. 



Corvus corone corone L. Carrion Crow. Fr. Corneille 

 noir ; Ger. Rabenkriihe ; Itai. Cornacchia nera. 



^ $ Black, glossed with purple, greener on wings and tail ; 

 nostrils covered with feathers. Bill, legs and feet black. Wing 

 310-324. Tarsus 52-59. Bill 47-52. Young may be distinguished 

 from those of Rook by white bases to feathers of body. 



lirccds. — England, S. and C. Scotland, Denmark, Holland, 

 Belgium, France, N. Spain and Portugal, W. Germany, Switzer- 

 land, Bohemia, N. Italy, and from E. Russia east to Yenisei. 

 Largely resident ; occurs in winter in C. and S. Italy, and W. 

 Mediterranean Isles, Azores and Madeira. 



Corvus frugilegus friigilegus L. Rook. Fr. Coibeau- 

 Freux ; dcr. Saatkrahe ; Jhil. Corvo nero ; Siucd. Raka. 



<^ 9 Black, glossed with purple and violet ; bases of feathers 



