506 coRvrs pastinator. — c. corone and c. cornix. 



CORVUS PASTINATOR, Gould. 

 [§ 2713. T/^ree.—" Siberia." From Herr Dode, 1871.] 



[§ 2714. One. — " Siberia." From Dr. Taczanowski, through 

 Mons. J. P. Verreaux, 1873. 



Dr. Taczanowski, in the apjDendix to liis report on the ornithological 

 researches of Dr. Dybowski, states (Journ. fiir Orn. 1873, p. 114) that several 

 sets of the eggs of this Rook, from which I suppose all these specimens come, 

 were obtained in the district of Akscha, on the River Onon, by that naturalist, 

 in company, it would seem, with Herr Godlewski, and presumably in the 

 year 1871.] 



CORVUS CORONE and CORVUS CORNIX, Linn^us, 



CROW. 



[Holding as I do, for reasons elsewhere explained (Yarrell, British Birds, 

 ed. 4, ii. pp. 274-288) and not needing repetition here, that no specific dis- 

 tinction can be maintained between the birds long known scientifically as 

 Corvus corone and Corvus cornix ^, it is yet in accordance with the plan followed 

 in the present work that the two forms of this dimorphic species should be 

 treated separately, and the convenience of readers, especially those who differ 

 from my view, will thereby be best served.] 



{BLACK CROW.) 



§ 2715. Four. — Wirksvvorth, Derbyshire, not later than 1843. 



These were taken by my brother George and his friend ]\lr. Bidcn 

 from two nests, one of which was low down in a spruce-fir. There 

 is no rookery in the wood. They are large and unusually elongated. 



' [My opinion has of late been further strengthened by reading that " Three races 

 of Hooded Crow can readily be distinguished" (Oates, 'P'auna of British India,' 

 Birds, i. p. 20).— Ed,] 



