6. COKONE. 35 



fig. 16 ; id. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 24; Gray, Haml-l. B. ii. p. 12 

 Allen, Bull. Hun. Coll. p. 297 ; Cones, Key N.-Amer. B. p. 162 

 Baird, Brewer, ^- Ridgto. N.-Amer. B. ii. p. 243, pi. 37. fig. 5 

 Coites, B. North-icest, p. 206. 



Adult. General colour purplish black, with a more or less distinct 

 gloss of violet under certain lights ; the bead and neck aU round 

 glossy black, with somewhat of a brownish cast; the feathers of the 

 throat loose and blended, but not lanceolate ; wings glossy steel- 

 black, ^\ath a slight violet gloss, the outer wing-coverts, primary- 

 coverts, and primaries externally glossed with green ; tail purplish 

 black, inclining to green on the inner webs of the feathers ; under 

 surface of body black, with a violet gloss ; bill and legs black ; iris 

 brown. Total length 19-5 inches, culraen 2-05, wing 13-15, tail 8-1, 

 tarsus 2'3. 



Hah. North America. 



a. Ad. sk. North America. E. Doubleday, Esq. [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk. North America. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. Upper Canada. J. Gould, Esq. 



d. Juv. sk. Toronto. J. Whitely, Esq. [C.]. 

 e,/,^. Ad. sk. 49th parallel (/. DaK'WM). N.-A.-Boundary Com- 

 mission [C.]. 



h. 2 ad. sk. Colville, British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [C.]. 



i. Ad. sk. California. Purcliased. 



h. Skeleton. N. America. Zoological Society. 



CORONE FLOniDANA. 



Corvus americanus, rar. floridanus, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 568, pi. Ixvii. 



fig. 1 ; Baird, Brewer, cj- Ridgw. N. Am. B. ii. p. 247 ; Coues, B. North-west, 



p. 206. 

 Corvus americanus, Allen, Bull. Harv. Coll. ii. p. 297. 



About the size of C. americana, but bill and feet larger ; tail less rounded ; 

 third, fourth, and fifth quills nearly equal, third rather longer than fifth. Colour 

 less violet above. Total length UVo inches, wing 12, tail 7-7, tarsus 2-6. 



Hah. Soutlieru peninsula of Florida. 



Ohs. Not having seen a specimen of the Florida Crow, I transcribe the fol- 

 lowing notes from the great work on North- American Birds (/. c.) : — " This 

 resident Crow of Florida differs in some marked features from that of the more 

 northern localities in several characters. Although perhaps rather smaller, the 

 bill and feet, especially the latter, are very considerably larger. The nasal 

 feathers extend over the basal two fifths of the bill, instead of the half. The 

 proportions of the bill are about the same : in the Florida bird it is rather the 

 longer ; the greatest difference is in the feet. The tarsal joint of the tibia is 

 bare, the feathers scarcely coming below it, even anteriorly, instead of project- 

 ing some distance. The tarsus is almost a quarter of an inch longer, covered 

 anteriorly by nine scutella; instead of eight. The outer lateral toe is shorter, 

 not reaching the base of the middle claw. The middle toe and claw are consi- 

 derably shorter than the tarsus ; the middle claw is shorter than in the northern 



bird The colours differ somewhat from those of the Carrion-Crow. There 



is less violet ; and the feathers of the back have almost a brassy gloss on their 

 margins, as in Crofophaga." Dr. Elliott Coues {I. c.). however, does not consider 

 the bird specifically distinct, and says that it "merely illustrates the usual 

 relative increase in size of the bill and feet shown by birds of corresponding 

 latitudes." 



