46 COftVID.E. 



1 . Rhinocorax affinis. 



Corvus affinis, EUpp. Xeue Wirh. p. 20, Taf. 10. fi^. 2 ; Gray, Gen. B. 



ii. p. 315 ; Hur.-f. &■ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. B.I. Co. ii. p."o57; Bp. 



Cousp. i. p. 3^o; Bli/t/i, J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 300; SrM. Bijdr. 



Dierk. 4to, p. lo, pi. 1. tie-. 20 ; Scl. Ihis, 1860, p. 2i5 ; Tristr. Ibis, 



1866, p. 72 ; ScM. Mus. P.-B. Covaces, p. 31 ; Gray, Hcmd-l. B. ii. 



p. 12 ; Heufil. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 502 ; Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 256 ; 



Blanf. Geol. S,- Zool. Abyss, p. 393; Wyntt, Ibis, 1870, p. 16: 



Fins'ch ^- Hartl. Tog. Odafr. p. 372 ; Shelley, B. Egypt, ^. 158; 



Antiu. i^- Salvad. Viagg. Bogos, p. 128 ; Dresser, B. Eur. pts. xxxvi. 



xxxviii. 

 Corvus braclij-urus, A. E. Brehm, J. f. O. 1854, p. 75. 

 Coitus brachyrliYnchos, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 414. 

 Corvus bre^ icaudatus, Miill. J.f. 0. 1855, p. 496. 

 Corax affiuis, A. E. Brehm, Reis. Habcsch, p. 216. 

 Corax brachjurus, id. t. c. p. 323. 



Adult male. Black, glossed with purple on the back, wings, and 

 tail ; the head like the back, but duller ; sides of the face and neck 

 rather oily greenish in tint ; under suiface of body glossy steel- 

 black, the lanceolate feathers confined to the whole of the throat 

 and not extending on to the fore neck ; nasal bristles black, and 

 becoming gradually erect towards the forehead, directed forwards 

 anteriorly, so as to hide the nostrils completely ; bill and legs black ; 

 iris brown. Total length 18-5 inches, culmen 2-3, wing 1-4-75, tail 

 6-6, tarsus 2'25. 



Ohs. The description is taken from a Palestine skin procured by 

 Canon Tristram. The other specimens in the Museum measure as 

 follows : — 



a. Ad. Shoa (Harris) 



b. Ad. Shoa (Harris) 



p. c? ad. Anknber (Harris) .... 



d. 2 ad. Ankober (Harris) .... 



e. cJ ad. Adigrat (Blanford) . . 



f. 2 ad. Koomaylee (^/«w/"o;y7) . . 



g. (^ ad. Chores Safieh(rm<rfl»2) 



Hah. Jforth-eastem Africa, ranging into Palestine. 



a. (S ad. sk. Ghor es Safieh, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



b. 2ad.sk. Koomavlee, Abyssinia, W.T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



Feb. 13, 1868. 



c. dad.sk. Adigrat, May 8, 1868. W.T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 

 d,e. c? 2 ad. sk. Ankober, May 1862. Sir W. C. Harris [CI 



f, g. Ad. sk. Shoa. Sir W. C. Harris [C.J. 



