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Order PASSERES. 



Earn. CoRviDji!. 



1. Heterocorax capensis. 



Heterocorax capensis (Liclit.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 iii. p. 12 (1877) j Salvad. Ann. Mus. Cmc. Genov. (2) vi. 

 p. 301 (1888; Shoa). 



Corvus capensis minor, Heugl. Orn. N.O.- Afr. i. p. 499 

 (1870). 



Corvus capensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Ci^ac. Genov. (2) i. 

 p. 204 (1884). 



c? ? . Nos. 124, 125. Kavirondo, Dec. 12, 1889.— Iris 

 brown ; bill and legs black. Always seen in pairs. 



These birds probably belong to tlie small race which Heu- 

 glin called Corvus capensis minor, for the bill is remarkably 

 small when compared with that of typical specimens of H. ca- 

 pensis from the Cape Colony. The Shoa specimen in the 

 Museum is identical in colour and size of bill with South- 

 African examples, and it is curious that the Kavirondo birds 

 should differ so perceptibly in the smaller size of the bill. 

 The wings in Mr. Jackson^'s pair measure 12"5 to 12"7 inches. 

 If the smaller bill be considered sufficient character, the race 

 will have to stand as Heterocorax minor (Heugl.). 



2. Rhinocorax affinis. 



Rhinocorax affinis (Biipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 46 (1877) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) vi. p. 301 

 (1888; Shoa). 



Corvus affinis, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 502 (1870). 

 No. 133. Turquel, Suk, Dec. 23, 1889.— Iris brown. A pair 

 seen. Plentiful in Kavamoja, together with C. scapu- 

 latus and Corvultur albicollis. 



3. Corvus scapulatus. J4-k<tf 



Corvus scapulatus, Daud. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, iii. 

 p. 22 (1877) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 337 (1884 ; 

 Pangani) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 305 

 (1884 ; Shoa), vi. p. 301 (1888) : Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 131 

 (Zanzibar, Bagamoyo, Mombasa, Malindi) ; Reichen. J. f . O. 



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