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coRVL's. 469 



Five eggs of the North-west Crow are similar to those of C. corone 

 but smaller. They measure respectively: 1*63 by I'lli; 1-63 by 

 1-11; 1-62 by 1-17; I'G by 1-16; 1-58 by 1-12. 



3. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Idaho, U.S.A. Crowley Bequest. 



Corvus ossifragus, Wilson. 



Coloeus ossifragus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 29 (1877). 



Corvus ossifraiius. Bendire, Life-Hid. N. Avier. Birds, ii. p. 415, pi. iv. 

 figs. 16, 17 (189.5) ; Iiid(/w. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. iii. p. 273 

 (1904) : Sharpe, Uand-l. v. p. 597 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersanunl. 

 p. 359 (1910;. 



Eggs of the Fish-Crow resemble those of C. corone, but are 

 smaller. They vary in length from 1-55 to 1-59, and in breadth 

 from 1-0-i to 1-11. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Hog Island, Virdnia, 22nd May Princeton University, N.J. 



( TF. E. D. Scott). [E.]. 



1. Georgia (2'. M, Brewer). Crowfey Bequest. 



Corvus splendens, Vieill. 



Corvus splendens, Lmjard, Ann. Mag. N. H. 2nd ser. xiii. p. 214 (1854) ; 



Beacan, F. Z. S. 1864, p. 376; Oates. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. 



p. 20 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests ^- Eqys Ind. Birds, i. p. 8 



(1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 597 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 359 (1910). 

 Corone splendens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. iii. p. 33 (1877) ; legye, 



Birds Ceylon, ii. p. 349 (1879). 



Eggs of the Indian House-Crow resemble those of C cora.v, 

 C. comix, and C. macrorJii/ncJius, and can only be separated from 

 them by their smaller size. Generally, however, the markings 

 are less bold and the ground-colour is bluer and brighter than in 

 the eggs of the above-mentioned birds. They measure from 1'2 to 

 1*65 in length, and from '96 to rio in breadth. 



