nETEROCOEAX. CORVrS. 



4o5 



reddisli-browu and uiulerlyiiig lavender or lilac-grey. The markings 

 on sonie eggs are small and extremely dense, covering the greater 

 part of the ground-colour; those on other eggs are bold and com- 

 paratively sparse, the larger blotches being of a very rich colour 

 and the smaller ones paler. The eggs vary greatly in size, the 

 smallest example in the Collection measuring 1-55 by l-Oo, and 

 the largest 2-12 by 1-34. 



3. Kaka, near Fashoda, VV^hite Nile, 

 19th April. 



3. Kaka, 30th April. 



4. South Africa. 



3. youth Africa. 



4. South Africa. 

 1 . South Africa. 



1. South Africa. 



2. South Afiica {E. L. Lai/nrd). 



5. South Africa. 



2. Cape Colony (E. L. L. : Tris- 

 tram Coll.). 



2. Cape Colony ( T. C. At inure : 

 Trisinnn Coll.). 



2. Blaauw Krantz, Grahamstowu. 

 C.C, 2Md Jan. {B. E. J.). 



1. Blaauw Krantz. 



2. Olifant's Kloof, Dec. (li. B. 



Boicker) (with one egg of 

 Cocct/stes r/la/nhirius, ef. vol.iii. 



^ p. 102). ; 



1. Newcastle, Natal, 23rd Sept. 

 4. Tiansvaiil ( T. Ai/re.s : Tri.'^triim 

 Coll.). 



3. Potchefstrooiu, Transvaal [T. A.). 

 1. Namaqualand. 



R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 



R. McU. Hawker, l-^sq. [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



W. Radclitfe Saunders, Esc 



[P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



]]. E. Jupp, Esq. [C.]. 



B. E. Jui)p, Esq. [C.J. 

 B. E. J upp, Esq. [C ]. 



Capt. Savile G. Reid [C.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Sf>ebohni Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CORVUS, L'uin. 

 Corvus corax, Linn. 



Corvus corax, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Viig. tao. xxxix. fig. 1, a-f 

 n84o-54) ; Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 220, pi. Ivii. (1850); 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 507 (1875) [part.]; Sharpe, Cut. Birds 

 B. M. iii. p. 14 (1877) : Seehohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 532, pi. 16 

 (1883) ; id., Eqqs of Brit. Birds, p. 223, pi. 55. figs. 7 & 9 

 (1806); Xeale,Rep. Cardiff Soc. xxxii. p. 49, pi. (1901); Newton, 

 Oothera WoUeyana, pt. ii. p. 514 (1902) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, 

 i. p. 423 (1902); Bei/, Eier Vii'j. Mitteletirop. i. p. 356 (1904), pi. 4S 

 (1900) ; Jourdnin, Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 1, pi. i. (1906) ; Dresser, 

 Eqqs Birds Europe, pts. xiii. & .xlv. p. 434, pts. xi. & xii. pi. 5. 

 figs. 1-7 (1908) [part.]; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 590 (1909); Xehr/c. 

 Rat. Eiersamml. p. 357 (1910). 



Corvus littoralis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 34. fig. 4 (18oo-63). 



Corvus sylvestris, Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 34. fig. 3. 



Corvus corax corax, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 2 (1903). 



The eggs of the Common Raven vary from a pointed to a regular 



