724 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
381 in length; wing, 243; tail, 136; culmen, 50; tarsus, 46; middle toe 
with claw, 45. A female from Palawan, length, 368; wing, 237; tail, 
137; culmen, 47; tarsus, 39; mage te toe with claw, 43.” (Bourns and 
Worcester MS.) 
739. CORVUS SAMARENSIS Steere. 
SAMAR CROW. 
Corvus samarensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 23; 
McGrecor and WorcEstTER, Hand-List (1906), 110. 
Mindanao (Celestino) ; Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester). 
Adult.—In color the same as Corvus pusillus, but smaller in size; 
bill somewhat shorter and deeper. A female from northern Mindanao 
measures: Length, 340; wing, 220; tail, 120; culmen from base, 47.5; 
bill from nostril, 34; depth of bill at nostril, 18; tarsus, 38. 
“The Samar crow has the shy habits of C. pusillus, but its note is 
entirely different. We heard its note for a long time without suspecting 
that it was made by a crow. We occasionally found C. pusillus about the 
open fields, but never met with C. samarensis except on the sides of well- 
wooded hills. A male measures: Length, 355; wing, 252; tail, 116; 
culmen, 52; tarsus, 35; middle toe with claw, 45. Three females aver- 
age: Length, 338; wing, 215; tail, 118; culmen, 48; tarsus, 46; middle 
toe with claw, 44. Iris dark brown; legs, feet, nails, and bill black. 
Food fruit and insects.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
