28 coRviD^i:. 



rated from the Common Jackdaw, from which in its young stage it 

 is undistinguishaldc ; hut it at least represents a very -well-marked 

 race. Total length 13 inches, culmen 1-15, wing 'J-15, tail 5-1, 

 tarsus I'T. 



Hub. Eastern Europe, ranging through Persia into Afghanistan 

 and Cashmere. 



a. (S ad. sk. Finland. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. $ juv. sk. Eabbath Ammon. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



c. 9 ad. sk. Constantinople, Feb. 17, 1871 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(T. Robson). 



d. Ad. sk. Erzeroum {Dickson ^ Ross). J. Gould, Esq. 



e. Ad. St. Bflg-dad. K. Loftus, Esq. [P.]. 



f. Ad. sk. IMesopotamia (Jones). Secretary of State for 



India [P.]. 



a. Ad.sk. Cahul (arimth). Secretary of State for 



^ V ^ ^ India [P.l. 



h. Ad. sk. Cashmere. Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 



will [P.]. 



t. Ad. St. Thibet. Earl of Giiford [P.]. 



k. Skeleton. Macedonia. Purchased. 



2. Coloeus neglectus. 



Corvus dauuricus, jun., ScJtl. Faun. Jap. pi. xl. 



Corvus nep:lectus, Schl. Bijdr. Dierk. Amsterd. fol. art. Corvus, p. 16 ; 



frrat/, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 14 ; Dresser, B. Eur. art. Corvus monedula, 



p. 3, 

 Monedula neglecta, David, N. Arch. 3Ius. vii. Bidl. p. 9. 

 Lycus neglectus, Sivinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 383. 



Adult male. General colour ahove black, with a slight purplish 

 gloss; wings blackish, glossed with bronzy purple, the inner webs 

 with a greenish shade, especially on the innermost secondaries ; tail 

 puq^lish brown, washed with green ; crown of head glossy purplish 

 black, as also the lores and sides of face, the ear- coverts streaked 

 with silvery grey ; round the hind neck an indistinct collar of 

 silvery-grey feathers ; the sides of the neck dingy white mixed with 

 black ; throat and chest purplish black, the rest of the under surface 

 dingy grey, becoming black on the thighs and under tail-coverts ; 

 under wing-coverts also black. Total length 1-1 inches, culmen 1-35, 

 wing 9-1, tail 5-2, tarsus 1-9. (Mus. B. Swinhoe.) 



Hah. North China and Japan. 

 a. cT ad. sk. Shanghai, China. Shanghai Museum [P.]. 



3. Coloeus dauuricus. 



Corvus dauuricus, Pull. Pets. Puss. Peicks, iii. Anhang, p. 694 ; 



Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 315 ; Schl. Faun. Jap. Aves, pi. xl. B ; Midd. 



Sibir. Peis. Zool. p. 159 ; Schl. Bijdr. Dierk. Amsterd. folio, art. 



Corvus, p. 16 ; id. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 35. 

 White-breasted Crow, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. part 1. p. 376, pi. xv. 

 Corvus capitalis, Wagler, Si/st. Av. Corvus, sp. 19. 

 Lycus daurieus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 384; Stcinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 383. 



