2 \7}^nr., Bom. I'iaf. Hist, •'^oe., Vol. XXT'II, ^it. 2. T)ec. -.'O. iPvd. 



Thiii is required as in some instances,. such as "Himalayas", "India", 

 etc., the one locality may cover ninuerous races and it is therefore 

 imperative to desiguate more clearl}- the area of the bird originally- 

 described.. 



The distribution ils giveuin all cased in which Blauford's an I 

 Gates' species are divided into geographical races or in which the 

 distriluitiou as given in the Faiuia lias had lu be amended or added 

 to. 



Details ol reasons for alterations to names or for snl)-divi!5ions 

 into sub-species are, o-f course^ impossible iu the spact^ available and 

 have been, iHt. out tor future avticles on particular tumili^-s and 

 yenera. 



When the Catalogue is completed a table will be given siiowing 

 the full name ©■f all the references. 



The Society intends, 1 understand, to bring uut the Cutalngue in 

 book form and this^ especially if interleaved, should form a useful 

 hand list to collectors in which to note down their collections and an 

 easy book to annotate and keep up to date as further species are 

 worked out. 



HAiM)-LIST OF THE "BIRDS Of INDIA.' 



Order PASSERES. 



Family CoKViDi*:. 



I. (1) Corvus corax laeirencei. The Punjab Ban n . 



(.'. laurencei, Hume, Lahore to Ydrkand, p. 2'^u ( I ri7o), ( Piutjah), 

 I'unjab, Bombay, U. P., N. W. i'. liarc btraggler Kash- 

 mir and C P. 



3. (1) Corvus corax tibetanus. The II iinalai/an Raven. 



i\ tibetanns. Hodrj., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hit., '2nd Series. :-), p.'H)?» 

 (1849), (SiUnm). 



Himalayas from Kashmir to E. Tibet. 



3* {'2) Corvus corax umbrinus. The Brow h- necked Baven. 



i\ umbrinus, Sunder., K. Vet. Acad. Fork. Stockh. p. 199 

 ('8:'8), (Senaar). 



Sind, Baluchistan, S. Por.'iia, Araliia. I'.ik'stine and - N. 

 v.. Africa. 



4. (u) Corvus corone orientalis. The Eas/eni (kirrion Croti'. 



Eversm., Add. Pal. Zool. fasc. ii, p. 7 (1.^41), {Buchtarma) 

 Kaslimir, N.-W. Frontier, Siberia, Yenesei to Japan. 



st. (4) Corvus coronoides levaillanti. The Indian Jungle-Crow. 

 C. levaillanti, Less., Traite d'Orn. p. ^28 (1X31), (Bengal) 

 Xortliorn India S. of Himalayas. 



*Tl'.e Indiaa Biown-neckcd Ixavon docs not. seem to me to le identical with all 

 tho African birds which prob.ably form several races, one of which is rufiColUs. 



t The various race; of Indian .Tungic Crow arc only snb-gpecies of the Australian 

 Goronoides. 



