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expected to find Q. insolens. A Ceylouese specimen, kindly presented 

 by Capt. Vincent Legge, seems to aflbrd a connecting link, being a 

 sbade darker than Bengal specimens, but not so thoroughly black as 

 C. insolens. 



Hah. The peninsula of India and Ceylon. (? Migrating into) Ma- 

 lacca. 



a. Ad. sk. 



b, c. Ad. sk. 



d,e,f. Ad. sk. 

 ff. Ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 



Himalayas. 



North-west Himalayas. 



Nepal. 



Darjiling. 



Saug-or. 



it. 



5 ad. sk. 

 cJ ad. sk. 



I. Ad. sk. 

 m. Skeleton. 

 n. Skeleton. 



Colombo, Ceylon, Feb. 25, 



1876. 

 Malacca. 

 India. 

 Nepal. 



Secretary of State for 



India [P.]. 

 Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 Capt. E. C. Beavan [C.]. 

 SecretaiT of State for 



India [P.]. 

 Pm-chased. 

 Capt. Vincent Legge, 



RE. [P.]. 

 Purchased. 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Subsp. a. Corone insolens. 



Corvus culmiuatus. Schomb. Ibis, 1864, p. 252, 



Corvus insolens, Hmne. Sti: F. 1875, p. 144. 



Corvus spleudens (pt.), Blyth ^- Wald. B. Burm. p. 86. 



Adult. Above ashy black, with a steel-blue gloss, rather more 

 purple on the wings, and inclining to green on the outer primaries 

 and on the tail ; neck all round smoky black, a little lighter than 

 the back ; the crown, sides of face, and throat purplish black, the 

 feathers of the latter lanceolate and shot with green ; rest of under 

 surface of body ashy black, slightly glossed with purple. Total 

 length 15'5 inches, culmcn 1-85, wing 10'35, tail 5-3, tarsus 1-9. 



Hah. Assam, Burmah, and Tenasserim. 



a. Ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



Nazeerah, Upper Assam 



{Dr. Reid). 

 Burmah. 



Katha, Upper Burmah, 



January 19, 1868. 

 Tenasserim {Heifer'). 



Siam. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 

 Dr. Anderson [C.j. 



Secretary of State for 

 India [P.]. (Spec. /of 

 Ilorsf. & Moore, Cat. 

 p. 600.) 



M. Mouhot [C.J. 



3. Corone americana. 



3; 



Corvus corone {nee L.), Wils. Am. Orn. iv. p. 79, pi. xxv. 

 Swains. ^- Richards. Faun. Bor.-Amer. Birds, p. 291. 



Corvus americanus, Audnb. Orn. Bioc/r. ii. p. 317 ; id. op. cit. v. 

 p. 477 ; id. B. Atner. pi. clvi. ; id. Birds Amer. roy. 8vo, v. p. 57, 

 pi. ccxxv. ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 385 ; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 566, 

 pi. xxiii. ; Schl. Bijdr. Hicrk. Amsterd. fol. art. Corwis, p. 10, pi. 1. 



