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where it is spotted with umber-brown and lilac-grey. They 
measure respectively: 1:5 by 1:1; 1°59 by I-11; 1°62 by 1-14; 
1:66 by 1:12; 1°68 by 1-13. 
¥, Philippine Is., May (Z. LZ. Moseley). Crowley Bequest. 
3. Marinduque, Philippine Is. Steere Coll. 
Corvus pusillus, Zweedd. 
(Plate XXI. fig. 2.) 
Corvus pusillus, Tweedd. P. Z.S. 1878, p. 622; Oyilie-Grant § White- 
head, Ibis, 1898, p. 234, pl. vi. fig. 5; MeGregor, Man. Philipp. B. 
ii. p. 723 (1909) ; Sharpe, Hand 1. v. p. 595 (1909). 
An egg of the Small Philippine Crow is of an ovate shape, 
slightly rounded at the smaller end. The ground is greenish- 
white, minutely spotted and marked all over the surface with 
umber-brown, yellowish-brown, and pale lavender. It measures 
1:48 by 1°03. 
The specimen here described was taken by Steere from the 
oviduct of a female example of C. pusillus. 
1. Mindoro, Philippine Is., June. J. B. Steere, Esq. [C.]. 
Corvus torquatus, Linn. 
Corvus torquatus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 411; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 
iii, p. 21 (1877) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 480; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 
p. 596 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Liersamml. p. 858 (1910). 
Most of the eggs of the Chinese Parson-Crow are inseparable 
from those of C. corav, and display great variety in colour and 
markings; but certain types, with the pale green ground-colour 
almost or entirely obscured by the confluent dark olive-brown 
markings, resemble those of C. cornia described below. They vary 
in size from 1°52 to 1:89 in length, and from 1-06 to 1°25 in 
breadth. 


2. Amoy, China (2. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 
1. Foochow, China, Jan. C. B. Rickett, Esq. Peal: 
4. Foochow, 26th Jan. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 
3. Foochow, 8th Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. | P.}. 
5. Foochow, 21st Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. | P.|. 
3. Foochow, 23rd Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 
3. Foochow, 24th Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [ P. }. 
3. Foochow, 28th Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [ P.}. 
4. Foochow, 5th March. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.}. 
3. Foochow, 11th March. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.}. 
2. Foochow, 11th March. C, B. Rickett, Esq. (P.1. 
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Foochow, 28tli March, C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.}. 
