456 COEVID-E. 



oval shape, and usuallj- exhibit o fair amount of gloss. Tlio 

 ground-colour varies from a clear greeuish-blue to a dingy olive- 

 green, marked with different shades of brown, varying from pale 

 greenish-brown to blackish-brown or even black, and underlying 

 lavender. The markings on many specimens are small, distinct 

 and sparse, on others blotcliy or cloudy and frequently confluent 

 on the larger half of the egg, where tliey form a very irregular cap. 

 between those two extreme types, variations of every kind may l)e 

 found in a large series. Examples measure from 1"66 to 2-1 in 

 length, and from 1-2 to 1-42 in breadth. 



2. Hoy, Orknevs. Philip Crowley, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Skye, Hebrides, 24th March. Seehohm Coll. 



3. I. of Islay, Hebrides, May (,iJ. ./. Crowley Bequest. 



Elives). 



4. Inverness-shire, 2nd March (^«r- Seehohm Coll. 



r/itt Coll.). 



2. NorfoUc, l.'Jth March. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Lnndy Island, Bristol Channel. Seehohm Coll. 



5. Beacon Point, Devon, 31st March W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(/. //. W«//«>). [P.]. 



.5 Kingston, Devon, 24th March W. Piadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



{J.H. JV.). [P.]. 



1. Cornwall. 5th March. Seehohm Coll. 



(!. Pomerania ( T. Holland). Seebohra Coll. 



4. Pomerania {T. IL). Seebohra Coll. 



3. Pomerania, 28th March (?'. H.). Seehohm Coll. 

 G. Politz, near Stettin, I9th March Seehohm Coll. 



(T.IL). 



4. Dorpat, Baltic Provinces, lltli Seehohm Coll. 



March {liiissow). 

 .5. Mark Brandenburg, 24th March. W. Badclifl'e Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l. 

 4. Si\esm (SacJise). Seehohm ColL 



7. Russia. Seehohm Coll. 



Corvus islandicus, Ilantzsch. 



Corvus islandicus, HantzxcJt, Orn. Monatsh. xiv. p. 130 (1906) ; S/iarpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 591 (1909). 



C. cor ax. 



2. Iceland. Seehohm Coll. 



2. Iceland (Prodor; Trist yam Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Corvus Mspanus, Ilartcrt S,- Kleinsclim. 



Corvus corax, Sawulers {nee Linn.), Ibis, 1871, p. 221. 



Corvus corax hispanus, Hartert t^j- Kleinschm. Nov. Zool. viii. p. 45 



(1901) ; Hartert, Vo[/. pal. Faun. i. p. 5 (1903) ; Jourd. Et/gs Europ. 



Birds, i. p. 4 (1906). 

 Corvus hispanus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. .^)91 (1909). 



