O. COL(EUS. 29 



Monedula daurica, Schl. Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 80 ; Cub. Mt(s. Hein. 



Th. i. p. 230; Brehm, Namn. 18oo, p. 273. 

 Colseus daurica, Ilorsf. &,• Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 563. 

 Corvus monedula, var. daurica, Madde, Bet's. Sibir. Vog. p. 207. 



Adult male. Above purplish black, the feathers more glossj' on 

 their margius, the primary-coverts and quills inclining to greenish, 

 the inner secondaries glossed with green or bronzy ; tail purplish 

 black, with a decided greenish gloss under certain lights ; round the 

 hind neck a broad collar of ashj- white, occupying also all the sides 

 of the neck ; head glossy purplish black, including all the sides of 

 the face, throat, and fore neck, the latter rather more bluish purple; 

 the ear-eoverts streaked with hoary grey, as also the side of the 

 head adjoining ; rest of under surface of body ashy white, the thighs, 

 vent, and under wing- and tail-coverts glossy purplish black ; bill 

 and feet black ; iris brown. Total length 13-2 inches, eulmen 1-3, 

 wing 9-4, tail 5-7, tarsus 1-65. 



Adtdt female. Exactly resembles the male. Total length 13-5 

 inches, eulmen 1-3, wing 9-1, tail 5-5, tarsus 1-75. 



Toimr/. Duller in plumage than the adults, the white coUar and 



breast being shaded with dusky grey and the flanks washed with 



blackish ; the grey on the ear-coverts and sides of the crown less distinct. 



^ IM>. Xorthern Asia, from the Altai Mountains to Eastern Siberia ; 



China and Japan. 



a. Ad. St. North Cbina. Mr. Fortune [C.l 



b,c.(S2 ad. sk. North China. Capt. BlaHston [C.l. 



d. S ad. sk. Shanghai. J. Gould, Esq. 



e. Ad. sk. Shanghai. Secretary of State for India 



[P.]. (Spec, a of Horsf. 



& Moore, Cat. ii. p. 5G3.) 

 f> ih ^- d" 2 ad. sk. Shanghai. Shanghai Museum. 



». Jun. sk. Amoor Land. R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



h. S ad. sk. Kultuk, Southern Lake Dr. Dybowski fCl 



Baikal, Mavis, 1871. 

 /. Ad. sk, Altai Mountains. Purchased. 



4. Coloens ossifragus. 



WiUon, Am. 0)-n. v. p. 27 



, =p. 12; Audub. Orn. 2.._, ^. _„„, „.. ^. 



Amer. pi. cxlvi. ; id. B. Amet: roy. 8vo, iv". p. 94, pi. ccxxvi. • 

 Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 315 ; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 571, pi. Ixvii' 



Corvus ossifragus, Wikmi, Am. Orn. v. p. 27, pi. 37. fig. 2 ; Wagler 

 Syst. Av. Corvus, cp. 12; Audub. Orn. Bioyr. ii. p. 2(38; id. B. 



COL(EUS MINUTUS. 



Corvus minutus, Gundl. J. f. 0. 1856, p. 97 ; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 569; 

 Allen, Bull. Harv. Coll. ii. p. 297, note; Baird, Brewer, SfRidyw.B. N. 

 Amer. p. 234, note. 

 " This species we have not seen ; it seems, however, to be rather nearly related 

 to^C. ossifragus, and possesses more lengthened nasal plumes than the three 

 West-Indian species ( C. nasicus, C. kucognalaphus, C. ja,naiceiisis):' ( Cf. Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgw. /. e.) 

 Hah. Cuba. 



