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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Family Corvidae 



Type A coracoid artery; types 1 to 4 thoracic artery; ligamentum 

 aortae present; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise from a common 

 root from the common carotid arteries; ascending oesophageal artery 

 arises as a branch of the right common carotid artery. 



Species studied 



By Glenny 



Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 

 Coloeus monedula dauuricus (Pallas) (2) 

 Cyanopica cyanus interopsita Hartert 

 Cyanocitta cristata bromia Oberholser 

 Xanthoura yncas (Boddaert) 

 Perisoreus canadensis (Linn6) (2) 



By Garrod 



Cissa speciosa = Cissa chinensis Bod- 

 daert 

 Cyanocorax cyanopogon (Wied) 

 Garrulus glandarius (Linn6) 

 Corvus corax Liiin^ 

 Corvus frugilegus Linne 

 Corvus australis Gmelin 

 Struthidea cinerea Gould 



Families Cracticidae and Grallinidae 

 No information available. 



Family Ptilonorhynchidae 

 No details available. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Ptilonorhynchus holosericeus=Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (Vieillot) 



Families Paradiseidae and Paradoxornithidae 



No information available. 



Family Paridae 



Type A coracoid artery; type 3 thoracic artery; ligamentum aortae 

 present but reduced; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise sepa- 

 rately or as branches of a short common root from the common carotids; 

 ascending oesophageal artery arises as a branch of the right common 

 carotid artery. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Parus major IAnn6 



By Glenny 

 Parus atricapillus (Linn6) (2) 



Parus bicolor (Lmn6) (3) 



Parus palustris hellmayri (Bianchi) 



Parus major artatus Thayer and Bangs 



Family Sittidae 



Type A coracoid artery; type 3 thoracic artery; ligamentum aortae 

 usually present but reduced; vertebrals and superficial cervicals may 



