46; 



Eggs of the Siberian Hooded Crow are iiidistiiiguishabk' from 



those of C. comix. 



] . Yenesei R., Lat. 661'' N., 21 ,st >rav 



(//. Srebo/im). 

 4. Mai Aiiiir, Soutli Persia, 6o()0 ft.. 



15th April (7/. B. J/Ws««//(). 



Seehohm Coll. 



Col. A. C. J5aihvard [P.] 



Corvus capellanus, Sdater. 



Corone capellaiia, 'S/iarpc, Vnt. llinh B. M. iii. p. .32 (1877); id., Ibis, 



188(3, p. 477. 

 ( 'orvus capellanus, Oafe.i, Fnwia Brit. Tin?., Bird.';, i. p. 20 (1889); Sharjie, 



Haud-l. V. p. 597 (1900) ; Xehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 358 (1910). 

 Corvus cornix capellanns, Hartert, T'rif/. pal. Faun. i. p. 11 (1903) ; 



Jorirdain, Eyys Europ. Bird.s, i. p. 8 (1900). 



The eggs of the Persian Hooded Crow very closely resemble 

 those of C. comix. They measure from 1-G to I'S in length, and 

 from 1"1 to I'ln in breadth. 



5. Fao, Persian Gulf. 

 r>. Fao, 20th Feb. 

 4. Fao, 27th March. 



W. D. Ciimmiug, Esq. 

 W. U. Gumming', Esq. 

 ^^^ I). Camming, Esq. 



P.]. 



Corvus corone, Liim. 



(Plato XXI. fig. S.) 



Corvus corone, Thien. Fortpfiaiiz. ges. Vog. tab. xl. fig. 1, a-q (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. J'<></. tab. 34. fig. 1 (18o5-G3) ; Hewit^nn, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, i. p. 222,' pi. Iviii. fig. i (1856); Sau7iders, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 221 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 531 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, i. p. 539, pi. 16 (1883) : id.. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 224, 

 pi. 55. fisrs. 10 & 12 (1890) ; Newton, Oot/ieca Wollei/ana, pt. ii. 

 p. 600 (1902); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 421 (1902); Bey, 

 Eier Vo(/. Mittdeurop. i. p. 358 (1904), pi. 51. figs. 1-10 (1900); 

 Joiird. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 8, pi. 3. figs. 1-10 (1906) ; Dresser 

 Eqgs Birds Europ. pts. xiii. & xiv. p. 430, and pts. xi. & xii. pi. 4, 

 figs. 7-12 (1908); Shnrpe, Hand-l. v. p. 597 (1909); Kehrh. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 358 (1910). 



.Corone corone, S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 36 (1877). 



[Corvus corone corone, Hartert, T'iig. pal. Faun. i. p. 11 (1903). 



The eggs of the Carrion Crow are not sejjarable by any character 

 [from those of the C. cornl.r. 



14. Lanarlishire, 19th April (,/. Ilark- 



ne.ss) 

 Is. Castle Eden, Durham (Tristram 



Coll.). 



1. Castle Eden, April (//. B. Tris- 

 tram). 

 4. York, l()th April {F. Potter). 



7. Near York '.Hargitt Coll.). 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



2h2 



