400 



CorviTS coronoides, Vi(j. cf- Horsf. 



Corvus coronoides, Ilnnimy, Ibis, I860, p. 303 [part.] : Le So'U'f, Ibis, 

 1895, p. 4l'-2 ; Oyiloie-Gmnt, Bidl. B. O. C. xxix. p.' 73 (19li>). 



Corvus australis, Gould, Handb. Birds Ausfr. i. p. 475 (1865) [part.]; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 593 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 358 

 (1910). 



Corone australis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 37 (1877) ; North, 

 Nests i^- Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 187, pi. vii. fig. 7 (1889) ; Camjjbc/I, 

 Nests S)- Eyils Austr. Birds, i. p. 55 (1901); North, Nests i^- Eggs 

 Birds Atistr. i. p. 5 (1901). 



Eggs of the Australian Raven, or White-eyed Crow, do not 

 appear to differ from those of C. corax. They measure from 

 1-6 to 1"92 in length, and from 1"1 to 1-25 in breadth. 



The eggs are generally considerably larger than those of C. cecihe 

 and often more heavily marked. 



4. South Australia {Field Coll.). W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. South Australia. Old Collection. 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. South Australia. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Burra-burra, South Australia, E. S. Moulden, Esq. [P.]. 



8th July. 



2. Wimmera^ Victoria, 20th Novem- W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



bar {S. French). [P.]. 



3. Wimmera, 7th September {A. J. Crowley Bequest. 



North). 



4. Lachlan River, Victoria (E. P. Crowley Bequest. 



Bainsag). 



4. Werribee Plains, Victoria. Miss A. Chiruside [E.]. 



1. Gippslaud, Victoria. F. A. Philbrick, Esq. [P.]. 



2. New South Wales. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Tasmania. Gould Coll. 



Corvus cecilae, Matheivs. 



Corvus australis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 475 (1865) [part.]. 



Corvus coronoide.s, Bamsag, Ibis, 1805, p. 303 [part.] ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. iii. p. 20 (1877) [part.]; North, Nests Sf Eggs Birds 

 Austr. i. p. 186, pi. vii. fig. 8 (1889); Campbell, Nests" ^- Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, i. p. 54 (1901) ; North, Nests ^- Eggs Birds Austr. i. 

 p. 1 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 593 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 358 (1910). 



Corvus corouoides cecilfe, Mathews, Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 442 (1912). 



Corvus cecilce, Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxix. p. 74 (1912). 



The eggs of the Australian or Brown-eyed Crow resemble many 

 of the eggs of C. corax, but are generally smaller. They vary 

 from 1"42 to 1"7 in length, and from 1*02 to 1'18 in breadth. 



3. Bourke, New South Wales, 11th Crowley Bequest. 



Sept. {A. J. North). 



4. Meruugle, New South Wales, Crowlev Bequest. 



18th Oct. {A. J. N). 



