/. RHIXOCOKAX. 



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more of a bluish purple on the primaries, inner secondaries, and tail ; 

 under surface of body duller than the upper, the feathers of the 

 throat and fore neck lanceolate and having somewhat of a greenish 

 cast ; bill and feet black. Total length 20 inches, culmen 2-5, wincr 

 12-9, tail 7, tarsus 2-2. 



A'hdf female (Dorey). Similar to the male. Total length 20 

 inches, culmen 2--1:, wing 12-4-5, tail 7, tarsus 2-lo. 



Hab. Moluccan and Papuan Islands. 



a,b. S 2 ^^- sk. 



c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. (S juv. sk. 



e. 2 ad. sk. 



/. d" juv. sk. 

 ff, h. 5 ad. sk. 

 i, k. S 2 ad. sk. 

 /. Ad. sk. 

 m. Ad. sk. 

 w. 2 ad. sk. 



Dorev, New Guinea. 

 Dorev, Xew Guinea. 

 Dorey, New Guinea. 

 Salwati. June 29, 18t58 



(Jloedt). 

 Waigiou. 

 Mysol. 

 Ternate. 

 Morty Island. 

 Kaioa Island. 

 Kaioa Island. 



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C. 



:c.] 



Subsp. (j. Corone violacea. 



Corvus violaceus, £p. Comp. i. p. ,384 {ex Temm. MS.) ; Schl. Bijdr. 



Dierk. 4to, p. 14, p. i. fig. 24; Grai/, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 354: Schl. 



Mils. B.-P. Coraces, p. 31 ; Gray, Hand-I. B. ii. p. 13. 

 Amblycorax violaceus, Bp. C. R. xxxvii. p. 829. 

 Corvus modestus, J?W(V//7. Abhandl. Vcr. Bremen, y. -p. 76, -pi. 3. fio-. 5. 



Adult female. Dull purplish black above, a little less glossy below ; 

 wings and tail rather richer purple, the primaries blue-black ; bill 

 and feet black. Total length 14-8 inches, culmen 1-9, wing 9-5, 

 tail 6, tarsus 1-G.5. 



Uab. Coram. 



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r. RHINOCORAX. 



Head of Rkinocoraa- affinis. 

 Ranje. North-eastern Africa, ranging into Palestine. 



