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small representative, as Mr. Dresser has already pointed out (I. c). 

 The typical examples of C. tingiianus measure as follows : — 



Total 



length. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. in. 



1. c? ad. Tangier (Trbij) .... 19-0 2'85 14-85 8-0 2-85 



2. 2 ad. Tangier (Irhj) .... 20-0 2-65 15-7 8-8 2-8 



Hab. North-eastern Africa, Canary Islands, and Madeira. 



a,b. S9 ad. sk. Tangier, April 26, 1876. Lieiit.-Col. Irby [P.]. 



(Types of C. tingitanus.) 

 c. Ad. sk. Tangier {Olcese). R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Corvus coronoides*. 



Corvus coronoides, Vig. c^- Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. x\. p. 261 ; Wagler, 

 Ms, 18i'9, p. 748 ; 'Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 315 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 385 ; 

 Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 231. 



Corvus australis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 12 (pt.). 



Adult male. Black, with a rich purple gloss, aU the feathers of 

 the upper surface snowy white at base ; wings purplish black like 

 the back, some of the feathers externally bronzy brown ; tail piirphsh 

 black, the inner webs of the outer feathers shaded with greenish ; 

 under surface of body black, slightly glossed with purplish, all the 

 feathers snow-white at base ; bill and legs black ; " iris brown " 

 (Elsey). Total length 17-5 inches, culmen 2-25, wing 12-9, tail 

 7*2, tarsus 2-45. 



Ohs. A second specimen from the Tarrundi river is marked by 

 Mr. Gould as having the iris " greyish brown." 



Hab. Australia and Tasmania. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. Liunean Society [P.]. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Australia. 



c. Ad. St. Van Diemen's Land. Ronald Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Mm-ray river. Sir George Grey [P.J. 



e. Ad. sk. South Australia. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 

 /. c? ad. sk. YaiTundi river. J. Goiild, Esq. [C.]. 

 g. Ad. sk. Port Essington {Stanley). J. Gould, Esq. 



h. Ad. sk. Port Essington. Dr. Sibbald [P.]. 



i. Ad. sk. N.W. Australia. J. R. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Corvus culminatus. 



Corvus culminatus, Sykes, P. Z. S. 18.32, p. 96. 



Corvus intermedins, Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 297 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 297 ; Hume, Lahore to Yark. p. 237. 



Adult f. Steel-black above, shaded with violet on the back, wing- 



* Those references to Australian Crows wherein the colour of the iris is not 

 mentioned must be added to the synonymy of this species; those wherein the 

 iris is recorded as white must be added to C'orone australis {vide infra). 



t The type specimen being in rather poor order, I have described a more 

 recent skin from Madras. 



