472 CORVID.K. 



Corvus hesperis, RUgw. 

 (Rate XXI. figs. 1 & 3.) 



Corvus (americaniis var.) cauriuus, C'oojxr {nee Baircl) P. Ca!. Acad. Set. 



vi. p. 197 (187G), 

 Corvus amerieaiuis, JJemlire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, u. p. 40o (189-)) 



[part.] ; Cooke, Birds Colorado, p. 9^ (1897). 

 Corvu.s ainericanus hesperis, Ridyw. Birds North S,- Middle Amer. iii. 



p. 270 (1904). 

 Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis, Ridyu\ t. c. p. 746 (1904). 

 Corvus hesperis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 598 (1909). 



Four eggs of the Western Crow resemble those of C. hrarhy- 

 rhynchus. 



4 San Diego, California, 1st May W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 (Z>. P. Williams). [P.]. 



Genus CORVULTUR, ic.wo,,. 

 Corvultur albicollis {Lath.). 



Corvultur albicollis, TAien. Fortpjianz. (jes. Vog. tab. xxxix. fig. 4, n, 6 

 (1845-54); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. i'4 (1877); Sharpe, 

 ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 417 (1875-84) : Stark, Fauna S. Afr., 

 Birds, i. p. 10 (1900) ; Reich. Viki. Afr. ii. p. (340 (1903J ; Shlley, 

 Birds Afr. v. p. 134 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 599 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 359 (19iO). 



An egg of the White- necked Haven is much like those of 

 C. corax. It is of a rather broad oval shape slightly constricted 

 towards the smaller end, and without gloss. The ground is pale 

 greenish-white, spotted all over and blotched about the broad end 

 with two shades of umber-brown. It measures 2-02 by 1-45. 



1. Pondoland, S. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus COLCEUS, Kaup. 

 Colceus monedula (Linn.). 



Corvus monedula, Thien. Fortpjianz. r/es. Vbij. tab. xl. fig. 4, a-d 



(1845-54); Baedeker, Eier Eur. too. tab. 28. fig. 4 (1855-63); 



Eewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 232, pi. Ix. fig. ii (1850) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 523 (1875) : Seebuhm, Brit. Birds, i. 



p. 556, pi. 16 (1883) ; id., Eygs of Brit. Birds, p. 226, pi. 55. fig. 8 



(1896); Ne2vton, Ootheca Wolleyayia, pt. ii. p. 499 (.1902); Dress/r, 



Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 419 (1902); id., Ei/qs Birds Europ. pts. xiii. 



& xiv. p. 429, pts. xi. & xii. pi. 2. figs. 1-2 "(1908). 

 Monedula turrium, Loche, E.vpl. Sci. Alyer., Ois. i. p. 114 (1867). 

 Colceus monedula, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 26 (1877) ; id., Hand-l. 



V. p. 599 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 359 (1910). 

 Colceus monedula monedula, Hartert, Vog. pal. F\iun. i. p. 15 (1903) ; 



Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 16 (1906). 

 Colceus monedula spermologus, Harfert, t. c. p. 16 (1903) ; Jourd. t. c. 



p. 14, pi. V. figs. 7-14 (1906j. 



