CORVUS. 469 
Five eggs of the North-west Crow are similar to those of C. corone 
but smaller. They measure respectively: 1:63 by 1:12; 1:63 by 
Lid G2 py lela Gaby. 1IeLG 5 58) by. 1°12. 
3. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. {P.}. 
2. Idaho, U.S.A. Crowley Bequest. 
Corvus ossifragus, Wilson. 
Coleeus ossifragus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 29 (1877). 
Corvus ossifragus, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer, Birds, ii. p. 415, pl. iv. 
figs. 16, 17 (1895) ; Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. iii. p. 273 
(1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 597 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 
p. 859 (1910). 
Eggs of the Fish-Crow resemble those of C. corone, but are 
smaller. hey vary in length from 1°55 to 1°59, and in breadth 
from 1:04 to 1-11. 
1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
5. Hog Island, Virginia, 22nd May Princeton University, N.J. 
(W. E. D. Scott). [ E.], 
l. Georgia (7. IL. Brewer). Crowley Bequest. 
Corvus splendens, Vicill. 
Corvus splendens, Layard, Ann. Mag. N. H. 2nd ser. xiii. p. 214 (1854) ; 
Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 876; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. 
p- 20 (1889); Oates, ed. Hume, Nests § Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 8 
(1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 597 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eversamml. 
p. 099 (1910). 
Corone splendens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 33 (1877); Legge, 
Birds Ceylon, ii. p. 349 (1879). 
ges of the Indian House-Crow resemble those of C. corax, 
C.cornix, and C. macrorhynchus, and can only be separated from 
them by their smaller size. Generally, however, the markings 
are less bold and the ground-colour is bluer and brighter than in 
the eggs of the above-mentioned birds. They measure from 1:2 to, 
1:65 in length, and from ‘96 to 1°15 in breadth. 
1. India. Crowley Bequest. 
7. Sind. Gould Coll. 
3. Sambhur, Rajputana, 28th June Hume Coll. 
(. M. Adam). 
2. Sambhur, 12th July (R. WM. A.). Hume Coll. 
2. Delhi, 4th June (C. T. Bing- Hume Coll. 
ham). 
1. Delhi, 12th June (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 
1. Agra, 19th June. W. pee Saunders, Esq. 
a 
1.. Agra, 21st June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pay 
2. Agra, 16th June. Pere Coll. 
1. Agra, 17th June. Hume Coll, 
o. Agra, 18th June. Hume Coll. 
