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As has been said the white-necked crow is jet black except for 

 the concealed bases of the feathers of the hindneck which are pure 

 white. The larger size which distinguishes it from the palm crow 

 is indicated in the measurements above. 



CORVUS PALMARUM PALMARUM Wiirttembergr 

 PALM CROW, CAO 



Corvus palmarum WtiRTTEMBERG, Erst. Reis. nord. Amer., 1835, p. 68 (Cibao 

 Mountains, Dominican Republic). — Hartlaub, Isis, 1847, p. 609 (listed). — 

 Ridgway, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 50, pt. 3, 1904, p. 276 (description, range).— 

 Bartsch, Smithsonian Misc. Colls., vol. 68, no. 12, 1918, fig. 44 (photo). — Dan- 

 forth, Auk. 1929, p. 371 (habits, food). — Lonnberg, Fauna och Flora, 1929, p. 

 110 (Haiti). 



? Corbeau, Montbeillard, in Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 3, 1775, p. 37 (" St. 

 Domingue "). 



? Corneille, Saint-Mery, Descrip. Part. Franc, lie Saint-Domingue, vol. 2, 

 1798, p. 78 (Port-a-Piment). 



? Corvus caribaeus, Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 155 

 (Haiti). 



Corvus jamaicensis, Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, pp. 232-233 (be- 

 tween Ban! and Azua). — Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 

 1867, p. 94 (listed). 



Corvus solitarius " Wurttemberg," Hartlaub, Naumannia, 1852, p. 55 

 (new name for C. palmarum ; Mlrebalais " Escabobas " = ? Las Cahobes, " Loma 

 San Juan."). — Cory, Birds Haiti and San Domingo, July, 1884, p. 75 (Gantier, 

 specimens) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 110 (Haiti, Dominican Republic) ; 

 Auk, 1S95, p. 279 (Dominican Republic). — Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, 

 p. 321 (listed). — Cherrie, Field Columbian Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1896, 

 p. 17 (San Jose de Ocoa). — Verrill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 61, 

 1909, p. 361 (Dominican Republic). 



Corvus bracliyrhynchos palmarum, Meinertzhagen, Nov. Zool., vol. 33, 1926, 

 p. 90 (description, discussion). 



Kesident, locally common. 



Smaller size and entirely black color without concealed white on 

 the hind-neck mark this crow from the companion species found 

 on the same island. The two are easily told when examined in skin 

 form but in the field some experience is necessary to distinguish 

 them. In flight the wing of the palm crow appears shorter, and 

 flight is accomplished by a steadier flapping than in the other form. 

 The call of the palm crow is also different being a harsher caw, less 

 musical than that of the white-necked species, resembling more the 

 notes of the North American crow. The two forms often inhabit 

 the same areas and will repay study by someone with leisure to be- 

 come thoroughly acquainted with them. They seem to have been 

 confused by some travelers so that relatively few definite records 

 for them are available. 



