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Subsp. a. Corone levaillanti. 

 Corvus levaillantii, Less. Traite, p. 328 ; Pucher. Rev. et Mag. de 



Zool. 1853, p. 547 ; Ilokhic. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 4G0 : Ball, S. I. 1874, 



p. 418 ; Hume, t. c. pp. 243, 479, 1875, p. 143 ; id. Nests and Eggs 



hid. B. p. 411 ; Bhjth .*>■ Wald. B. Burm. p. 86. 

 Coitus corone, Fraitfd. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 120 (nee L.). 

 Coitus corax, Boyle, Himalaya, p. 77 (nee L.). 

 Corvus macrorhynchus, Gray (!>• Hardw. III. Bid. Zool. pi. 36. figs. 2a, 



2b {nee Wagl.) ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 18. 

 Corvus enca, Sunder. Ann. N. H. xviii. p. 30G (nee Horsf.). 

 Corvus culminatus. Gray, Cat. Mamm. Sfc. Xepal, Hodgs. p. 102 



{nee Sykes) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 24, xvi. p. 727, xxiv. p. 479 ; 



id. Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 89 ; Hutton, J. A. S. B. xvii. pt. 2, 



p. 9; Bp. Consp. i. p. 385; Horsf. S,- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. 



ii. p. 553 (pt.) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 295 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 34, 



1868, p. 132 ; Gray. Hatid-l. B. ii. p. 11 ; Godw.-Aust J. A. S. B. 



1874, p. 170. 

 Coitus sinensis, Moore, Cat. B. Mm. E.I. Co. ii. p. 556; Gray, 



Hand-l. B.il -^.11. 

 Corvus japonicus, Sicinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 337 (nee Bp.). 

 Corvus J aponensis, Sicinli. Ibis, 1862, p. 260 (nee Bp.). 

 Corvus colonorum, Sicinb. Ibis, 1864, p. 427. 

 Corvus andamanensis, Ti/tler, Ibis, 1866, p. 420; id. ^- Bean. Ibis, 



1867, p. 328; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 11. 



Adult. General colour glossy black, incliiiing to purple on the 

 back ; the head greener, and the neck all round having a kind of 

 dusky greyish-black shade, some'ivhat washed M'ith green ; quills 

 purplish black, the prinuiries externally and the innermost seconda- 

 ries internally steel-black ; tail purplish black ; under surface of body 

 dull blackish, with a slight greenish gloss, less distinct on the fore 

 neck, which is dull greyish like the hind neck ; sides of face and 

 throat glossy green, inclining to purple on the lower throat, the 

 feathers lanceolate in shape, but not extending beyond the throat ; 

 biU and legs black ; iris dark brown. Total length 21 inches, cul- 

 men 2-3, wing 13-6, tail 9-5, tarsus 2*3. 



Young. Not so glossy as the adult ; the bill horn-brown, yellowish 

 near the base of both mandibles. 



Total 



length Cul- Tar- 



circa men. Wing. Tail. sub. 

 in. in. in. in. in. 



1. C. macrorhijnchn cS ■ Bali 20 2-75 14-45 95 2-45 



2. „ ?. , 20 3 14-2 9 2-45 



3. „ ISIalacca 20 2-76 122 8 2-3 



4. „ Penang 19 27 132 8 2-4 



5. „ ? . E. Java 21 27 13 8 2-35 



6. „ $. „ 20 2-7 13-3 8-2 2-35 



7. „ Sumatra 18 2-6 12-1 7-2 21 



8. „ Flores 20 2-75 133 8-3 2-1 



9. „ „ 18 2-8 13-8 8'3 2-3 



10. „ E. Timor 20 2-95 13-2 8 2-1 



11. „ ?. Semao, Timor .. 19 27 12-2 7-5 2-25 



12. C. levaillanti. India 21 2-6 13-65 9 2-45 



13. „ , 19 2-6 12-5 8 2-1 



