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Fanuly CORVID^. 



Genus CORVUS, Linnaeus. 



It is exceedingly interesting to trace the range of the 

 members of this genus or the true Crows ; not so much on 

 account of their wide distribution, as from the circumstance 

 of the form being non-existent in some countries which appear 

 admirably adapted for their well-being ; thus, while the spe- 

 cies are widely distributed over the whole of Europe, Asia, 

 Africa, North America, the Indian Islands, and Australia, 

 none are to be found in South America or New Zealand 



Sp. 290. CORVUS AUSTRALIS, Gmelin. 



White-eyed Crow. 

 Corvus australis, Gmel. Edit. Linn. Syst. Nat,, vol. i. p. 365. 



coroneoides, Wagl. Isis, 1829, p. 748. 



corondides, Vig. and Horsf. iu Linn. Trans., vol. xv. p. 261. — 



Schlegel, Not. sur Gen.Corvus in Nat. Art. Mag., Aclitste Aff. p. 8. 

 Wur-dang, Aborigines of Western Australia. 

 Om-bo-lak, Aborigines of Port Essington. 

 Crow of the Colonists. 



Corvus coronoides, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. iv. pi. 18. 



This species is so intermediate in size, in the development 

 of the feathers of the throat, in its voice, and in many parts 

 of its economy, between the Carrion Crow and Raven of our 

 own island, that it is difficult to say to which of those species 

 it is most nearly allied ; I prefer, however, placing it among 

 the true Crows to assigning it to a companionship with the 

 larger members of the family. Every part of Australia yet 

 explored has been foimd to be inhabited by it ; some slight 

 difference, however, is observable between individuals from 

 Port Essington, Swan River, Tasmania, and New South Wales, 

 but these differences appear to me to be too trivial to be 

 regarded as specific ; specimens from Western Australia are 

 somewhat less in size than those procured in the other 



