724 MANUAL OF PHiurrixE luiins. 



381 in length; wing, 243; tail, 136; cnhnen, 50; tarsus, 46; middle toe 

 with claw, 45. A female from Palawan, length, 368; wing, 237; tail, 

 137 ; culmen,' 47 ; tarsus, 39 ; middle toe with claw, 43." {Bourns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



730. CORVUS SAMARENSIS Steere. 



SAMAR CROW. 



Corvtis saiiiannsis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 23; 

 McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 110. 



Mindanao (Celestino) ; Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns d- Worcester) . 



Adult. — In color the same as C'orriis pKsi/lns, but smaller in size; 

 bill somewhat shorter and deeper. A female from northern Mindanao 

 measures: Leng-fh, 340; wing, 220; tail, 120; culmen from base, 47.5; 

 bill from nostril, .34; depth of bill at nostril, 18; tarsus, 38. 



"The Samar crow has the shy habits of C. pusillus, ])ut its note is 

 entirely different. We heard its note for a long time without suspecting 

 that it was made by a crow. We occasionally found C. pnsillus about the 

 open fields, but never met with C. samarensis except on the sides of well- 

 wooded hills. A male measures: Length, 355; wing, 252; tail, 116; 

 culmen, 52; tarsus, 35; middle toe with claw, 45. Three females aver- 

 age: Length, 338; wing, 215; tail, 118; culmen, 48; tarsus, 46; middle 

 toe with claw, 44. Iris dark brown; legs, feet, nails, and l)ill black. 

 Food fruit and insects." {Bourn.s and Worcester MS.) 



