6. CORONE. 43 



Adult. Above blue-black, -with very little shade of purple, all the 

 bases of the feathers jiuro white, the lower back rather shaded with 

 grey ; wiugs and tail purplish black, with somewhat of a greenish 

 gloss, especially on the inner webs ; sides of face anJ throat greenish 

 black, the plumes slightly lanceolate ; rest of under surface ashy 

 black, with a slight greenish gloss ; bill and feet black. Total 

 length 18 inches, culmeu 2-45, wing 10"7, tail 7'3, tarsus 2'1. 



Mab. Philippine Islands. 



a. c? ad. sk. Cataguan, Luzon. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Catajiuan, Luzon. Hugh Cumiug, Esq. [C.]. 



c. Var. sk. Philippine Islands. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



II. Corone enca. 



Fregilus enca, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 164. 



Corvus enca, Wuyler, Si/st. art. Corvus, sp. 11 ; Vi(/. Mem. Raffi. 



p. (365 ; Bp. C'oitsp. i. p. 885 ; Cab. Mas. Hein. Th. i. p. 231 ; Horsf. 



i^- Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E.I. Co. ii. p. 558; 8chl. Bijdr. Dierk.i 



Amsterd. 4to, art. Corvus, p. 13, pi. 1. tig. 23; id. Mus.P.-B. Coraces, 



p. 29 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 12 ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 74. 

 Corvus validus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 385 ; Schl. Bijdr. Bierk. 4to, p. 13 



pi. i. fig. -I-l ; id. Mils. P.-B. Coraces, p. 29 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 12 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 281 ; Walden, Tr. Z. 8. vs.. p. 202. 

 Corvus tenuirosti-is, Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 558 ; Jerd. 



B. Ind. ii. p. 297 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 12. 

 Corvus fallax, Brilyy. Abhandl. Vercin Bremen, v. p. 76, Taf. 3. 



fig. 4*. 



Adult (type of species). Above duU purplish black all over, wings 

 and tail included, the primaries a little deeper in colour ; underneath 

 dull purplish black, with somewhat of a greyish cast ; bill and feet 

 black. Total length 15 inches, culmen 2-2, wing 11-6, tail 6, 

 tarsus I 9. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but less glossy, with more greyish 

 on the under surface. 



Table o/ measurements of G. enca, C. orru, and C. violacea. 



Total 

 length 



circa Cidraen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 

 in. in. in. in. in. 



1. C. enca. W. Java 15-2 2-35 ll-lo 5-7 1-95 



2. „ Java (type) .... 15-0 2'2 11'6 60 1-9 



3. „ (Type of C. tenui- 



rodris) 17-5 2-65 124 6-6 2-05 



4. „ $. Sumatra 190 2-5 12-5 7-0 2-0 



o. „ $. Sumatra 16-5 2-45 11'4 6-0 2-05 



6. „ Banjermassiug . . 19-0 25 11-2 63 2-1 



7. „ Borneo 17-0 2-4 11-4 62 l-9o 



8. „ c?- Macassar 16-5 22 11-2 6-3 2-1 



9. „ 6- Toudauo 17-0 2-2 11-5 6-1 2-05 



10. „ Sula Islands .... 15-2 2-35 11-0 5-9 20 



* Dr. Bruggeraann describes another Crow from Celebes as C. annectens, 

 which may be specifically distinct (/. c. p. 4, Taf. 3. fig. 3). 



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