464 



Corvus scapulatus, Dnud. 



Corvus scapulatus, Thicn. Fortpjlanz. (/es. I'w/. tab. xxxlx. fio-. 3, a-c 



(1845-54) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 41o (1875-84) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 22 (1S77) ; Coican, Proc. R. Phys. Sac. 



Edinh. \'ii. p. 149 (1882) ; Milne-Edwards ^- (h-andidicr, Hist. Nat. 



Madaq., Ois. p. 444, pi. 304. fig. 6 (1885) ; Xehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 13 (1899), p. 358(1910): Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 12 



(1900) ; lieich. Vog. Afr. ii. r). 634 (1903) , Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 596 (1909). 

 Corvus albus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 144 (1906). 



The eggs of the White-bellied Crow resemble those of C. cora.v 

 and C. comix, but arc, as a rule, like those of the Connnou Indian 

 House-Crow (C. splendens) desci'ibed below, less boldly marked, 

 with the ground-colour bluer and brighter. Specimens measure 

 from 1-5 to 1-77 iu length, and from 1-1 to 1-22 in breadth. 



2. Foshoda, White Nile, 8th April. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Potchefstroooi, Transvaal, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



{T. Ay res: Tristram Coll.). 



2. S. Africa. Gould Coll. 



1. S. Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Cape Colony {E. L. Layard: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



1. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



9. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.l 

 1. ■Nlarosiky, E. Madagascar, 10th Crowley Bequest. 



Nov.'(7^'- D. C). 



Corvus cornix, Linn. 



Corvus cornix, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vog. tab. xl. fig. ], a-g (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 34. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; Heivitson, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, i. p. 224, pi. Iviii. fig. ii (1856) ; Shelley, Birds 

 Ei/ypf, p. 159 (1872); Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 543 (1874); 

 S'eebohm, Ibis, 1878. p. 328 ; id., Brit. Birds, i. p. 544, pi. 16 (1883) ; 

 Whitehead, Ibis. 1885, p. 38; Seebohn, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 225, 

 pi. 55. fig. 5 (1896); Neicton, Ootheca Wollej/ana, pt. ii. p. .506 

 (1902) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 421 (1902) ; liey, Eier Voi/. 

 Mitteleiirop. i. p. 360 (1904), pi. 50. figs. 1-7 (1900) ; Jourd. Eggs 

 Etirop. Birds, i. p. 5, pi. ii. figs. 1-7 (1906) ; Dresser, Egg.'s Birds 

 Europe, pts. xiii. & xiv. p. 432, and pts. xi. & xii. pi. 2. tigs. 1-6 

 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 596 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 358 (1910). 



Corone cornix, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 31 (1877). 



Corvus cornix cornix, Hartert, Vog. jfal. Faun. i. p. 9 (1903). 



The eggs of the Hooded Crow resemble those of C. corax so 

 closely as to require no separate description. Some specimens, 

 however, are greenish-blue, almost spotless, and precisely similar eggs 

 are not to be found among those of C. corax iu the Collection. They 

 vary from 1"5 to I'S in length, and from 1-1 to 1-2S in breadth. 



3. Faroe Islands (//". C. Miiller : Seebohm Coll. 



Harqitt Coll.). 



4. Farile Islands (//. C. M.: liar- Seebohm Coll. 



gitt Coll.). 



