472 CORVID-E. 
Corvus hesperis, Ri/quw. 
(Plate XXT. figs. 1 & 3.) 
Corvus (americanus var.) caurinus, Cooper (nec Baird) P. Cal. Acad. Set. 
vi. p. 197 (1876), 
Corvus americanus, Bendire, Life- Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 405 (1895) 
[part.]; Cooke, Birds Colorado, p. 92 (1897). 
Corvus americanus hesperis, Ridyw, Birus North § Middle Amer. ii. 
p- 270 (1904). 
Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis, 2dgw. t. e. p. 746 (1904). 
Corvus hesperis, Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 508 (1909). 
Four eggs of the Western Crow resemble those of C. brachy- 
rhynchus. 
4. San Diego, California, Ist May W. Radcliffe Saunders, sq. 
(D. P. Williams), [Pat 
Genus CORVULTUR, Lesson. 
Corvultur albicoilis (Lath). 
Corvultur albicollis, Thien. Fortpflunz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxix. fig. 4, a, 6 
(1845-54) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. in. p. 24 (1877); Sharpe, 
ed. Layard, Birds 8S. Afr, p. 417 (1875-84) ; Stark, Fauna S.-Afr., 
es i. p. 10 (1980); Revch. Voy. Afr. il. p. G40 (1903) ; Shelley, 
irds Afr. v. p. 154 (1906); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 599 (1909) ; 
Nehrk, Kat. Eversamml. p. 359 (1910). 
An egg of the White-necked Rayen is much like those of 
C. corax. It is of a rather broad oval shape slightly constricted 
towards the smaller end, and without gloss. The ground is pale 
greenish-white, spotted all over and blotched about the broad end 
with two shades of umber-brown. It measures 2°02 by 1-45. 
1. Pondoland, S. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 
Genus COL@US, Aaup. 
Colweus monedula (Liin.). 
Corvus monedula, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vég. tab. xl. fig. 4, a-d 
(1845-54); Baedeker, Ever Eur. Vog. tab. 28. fig, 4 (1855-63) ; 
Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 232, pl. Ix. fig. ii (1856) ; 
Dresser, Birds Eur, iv. p. 523 (1875); Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. 
p- 556, pl. 16 (1883); 7d, Lygs of Brit. Birds, p. 226, pl. 55. tig. 8 
(1896) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. 1. p. 499 (1902); Dressvr, 
Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 419 (1902); id., Eggs Birds Europ. pts. xiii. 
& xiv. p. 429, pts. xi. & xii. pl. 2. figs. 1-2 (1908). 
Monedula turrium, Locke, Expl. Sct. Algér., Os. i. p. 114 (1867). 
Colceus monedula, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 26 (1877) ; id., Hand-l. 
v. p. 599 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 859 (1910). 
Colceus monedula monedula, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 15 (1903) ; 
Jourd. Eygs Europ. Birds, i. p. 16 (1906). 
Colceeus monedula spermologus, Hartert, t. c. p. 16 (1903) ; Jourd. #. e. 
p. 14, pl. v. figs. 7-14 (2906). ; 

