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381 in length; wing, 243; tail, 136; culmen. .">0; tarsus, 4G; middle toe 

 with claw, 45. A female from Palawan, length, 368; wing, 237; tail, 

 137; culmen, 47; tarsus, 39; middle toe with claw, 43." (Bourns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



739. CORVUS SAMARENSIS Steere. 



SAMAR CROW. 



Corvus samarensis STEEBE, List Birds \ Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 23; 

 McGREGOB and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 110. 



Mindanao (Celestino) ; Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester). 



Adult. In color the same as Corru* />//> /////x, but smaller in size; 

 bill somewhat shorter and deeper. A female from northern Mindanao 

 measures: Length, 340; wing, 220: tail, !<?<>; culnicn from base, 47.5; 

 bill from nostril, 34; depth of bill at nostril, 18; tarsus, 38. 



"The Samar crow has the shy habits of ('. /mx/////x, hut 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. wnmin-nsis 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: leirs. feet, nails, and bill black. 

 Food fruit and insects." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



