o. coLojus, 27 



primaries and innermost secondaries with green ; tail purplish 

 black, with a slight greenish shade on the edges of many of the 

 feathers ; nasal bristles rusty black ; crown of head glossy blue- 

 black, forming a cap ; rest of head and neck hoary bluish grey, the 

 feathers having a hairy appearance, the grey being more silvery 

 where it adjoins the cap, and rather whiter on the lower sides of 

 the neck; ear-coverts rather more ashy grey than the head; feathers 

 below the eye, cheeks, and entire under surface of body ciudery 

 grey, blacker on the throat, which is obscurely streaked with brown ; 

 under wing- and tail-coverts greenish black ; bill and feet black ; 

 iris bluish white. Total length 13 inches, culmeu 1-35, wing 9*5, 

 tail 6-1, tarsus Iw. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total.length 13 inches, cul- 

 men 1*3, wing 9-6, tail 6, tarsus 1-75. 



Young female in second plumage (Xov. 10, 1873). Much duller 

 in colour than the adults, more glossy, but not nearly so grey, the 

 only shade of the latter colour being on the ear-coverts and sides of 

 neck ; under surface of body very dark, nearly as deep in colour as 

 the upper plumage, and only slightly shaded with grey. 



Hub. Europe and Xorthern Africa. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Castle Eden, Durham, J.H. Gurney,Esq.,jun.[P.]. 



May 9, 1866. 



b. Yar. st. yorkshire. 



c. d. Pull. St. Cambridtreshire. Mr. J. Baker [CI. 



e. Ad. St. Saffi-on Walden, Essex. Mr. J. Clark [C.]. 



f. $ ad. sk. Taplow, Berks, April J. Gould, Esq. \C. 1. 



1865. 



9, k. _c? 2 ad. sk. Taplow, Berks, May 1865. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



». 2 j*ui' sk. Avington, Hants, Nov. 10, K. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



1873. 



k. (J ad. sk. Avington, Hants, May 5, Edward Shellev, Esq. rp.l 



1876. ' - 1 L J 



/, m. 9 ad. sk. Avington, Hants, May 16, Edward Shelley, Esq. fP.]. 



1876. 



«. 2 ^<i- ^^- SkSue, Sweden, Dec. 29, Purchased. 



1873. 



o,p. cj 2 ad. sk. Skane, March 23, 1874. Purchased. 



q. 2 ad. sk. SkSne, April 5, 1871. Purchased. 



r. Ad. sk. Belgium, Dec. 15, 1851. Brussels Museum [P.], 



s. Ad. sk. Algiers. Purchased. 



t. Skeleton. England. 



u. Skeleton. England. 



V. Skull. England. J. Rae, Esq. 



tc, X. Skulls. S. Germany. Dr. Giinther. 



Subsp. a. Coloeus collaris. 



Comis collaris, Drummond, Ann. N. H. xviii. p. 11 ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 13 ; Dresser, B. Eur. part xlvi. art. C. monedida. 

 Lycus collaris, Bp. Consp. i. p. 384. 

 Corvus monedula, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, 



p. 237. 



Differs from C. monedula in having a creamy white half-collar on 

 each side of the neck. It is doubtful whether it should bo sepa- 



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