250 CORVINA. 
wings more generally lengthened ; tail usually moderate or short, 
even or emarginate, rounded in a few ; feet fitted for walking on 
the ground, as well as for perching. 
Faminy, Corvidee. 
Bill strong, more or less compressed, usually entire, rarely 
notched at the tip ; nostrils thickly clad with stiff incumbent 
bristles; tarsus short; feet strong, and claws well curved ; of 
large size mostly. 
SUB-FAMILY, Corvine. 
Bill very stout, long, straight, with the ridge more or less 
curved; wings long, somewhat pointed ; tail variable ; tarsus 
stout, strongly scutate ; claws well curved. 
Genus, Corvus, Lin. 
Bill long, very strong and thick, straight ; the culmen more or 
less elevated; nares protected by very long and rigid bristles ; 
wing long and pointed, first quill short ; second a little shorter 
‘than the third and fourth, and the fifth usually subequal to 
them ; tail moderate, even, or somewhat rounded ; tarsus very 
stout, of moderate length, with strong scute ; feet moderate ; 
lateral toes about equal ; claws sharp, and strongly curved. 
Corvus lawrencei, Hume. 
657bis.—Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 175. 
THE INDIAN RAVEN. 
Length, 23°75 to 24°75; wing, 163 to 17-4; tail very much 
rounded ; the outer tail-feathers being always two, and generally 
2°5 inches shorter than the central ones ; bill at front, 2°8. 
Bill black ; irides dark or grey-brown ; legs black. 
Uniform blue-black throughout, with a purplish tinge on the 
throat and upper breast; feathers of the chin and throat lanceo- 
late ; incumbent bristles in front, extend to beyond more than 
half of the length of the bill, which is much arched. 
Within our limits the Indian Raven only occurs in Upper 
Sind. 
Corvus macrorhynchus, Wag. 
660.—C. culminatus, Sykes.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. IT, 
p. 295; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 493; 
Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 413; Corone macror- 
hyncha, Wagl.; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, 
p. 128. 
THE INDIAN CorRBY. 
Length, 21 ; wing, 13°5 ; tail, 7°75 ; tarsus, 2°5 ; bill at front, 
2-4. 
Bill black ; irides dark-brown ; legs black. 
