44 



COEVIDiE. 



Total 

 length 



circa Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. in. 



11. C. enca. Sula Islands .... 14-5 2-2 10-8 58 20 



12. ,, Sula Islands .... 16-0 24 11-1 ti-1 2-0 



13. a orm. c?. Dorey 20-0 2-5 12-9 7-0 2-2 



14. ,, $. Doiey 19 24 1295 7-0 225 



15. ,, $. Dorev 19-5 245 12-5 68 2-25 



16. „ 5 . Sahvati 170 2-4 12-55 7-0 2-2 



17. „ 2- Mysol 19-0 2-65 13-1 7-2 2-15 



18. ,, 2 . Mvsol 170 2-4 12-6 6-5 2-15 



19. „ Mortv Island.... 180 2-5 12-7 7 2-25 



20. „ 6- Ternate 20-0 2-75 13-1 7-5 2 3 



21. „ 5>. Ternate 18-5 2-5 monlting 7-3 2-2 



22. ,, Kaioa Island.... 17-0 2-7 12-6 65 2-25 

 2.3. „ Kaioa Island.... 18-5 2-5 12-75 6-8 2-2 



24. C.violacen2 ■ Ceva.m 148 1-9 95 6-0 1-65 



25. „ Ceram 15-5 19 96 5-5 1-75 



26. „ Ceram 14-0 1-95 9-8 6 1-75 



Ohs. If we consider C. enca as one prominent form of Purple 

 Crow, we cannot recognize more than three races : — a large one, 0. 

 orru ; a smaller one, C. enca (with which C. vctlida and C. tenuiros- 

 tris are synonymous) ; and C. violacea, the smallest of all. Between 

 C. enca and C. valida it is impossihle to draw the line, as they 

 differ only in size, and a seiies shows that they grade one into 

 another. The foregoing list of measurements proves this ; and the 

 bare space behind the eye, though exaggerated in these birds, is 

 generally not very much larger than in some of the other Malayan 

 forms, and cannot be relied on as a character. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, and the Sula Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Java (Hors/ield). Secretary of State for India 



[P.]. (T\'pe of species.) 



b. Juv. sk. E. Java. A R. Wallace [C.l. 



c. Ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. WaUace [Ct 



d. Ad. sk. [Sumati-a ?] Secretary of State for India 



[P.]. (Type of Corvus te- 

 miirnstris, Moore,^.c.p. 558.) 



e.f. ? ad. sk. Sumatra. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



ff. S <id. sk. Borneo. Purchased. 



h. Ad. sk. Labuan. Hugh Low, Esq. [P.]. 



i. Ad. sk. B.injermassing, Borneo. J. Jlotley, Esq. [0.]. 



k. c? ad. sk. Macassar, Celebes. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



1. Juv. sk. Macassar, Celebes. A. R. "Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



m. c? ad. sk. Tondano. A. R. "Wallace, Esq. [C. J. 



n, o, p. Ad. sk. Sula Islands. A. R. "Wallace, Esq._[C.]. 



q. Skeleton. Java. 



Subsp. o. Corone orru. 



Corvus orru, Bp. Consp. i. p. 385 {ex Mull. MS.) ; Schl. Bijdr. Dierh. 

 4to, aH. Corvus, p. 9, pi. 1. figs. 9, 10; id. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, 

 p. 20; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 12. 



Adult male (Dorey). General colour purplish black, deeper and 



