128 CORVID^E. 



East, Pers.; Murray, Sir. F. vol. vii. p. 113; Hume, Str. F. vii. p. 120; 

 Murray, Hdbk., ZooL, #v., Sind, p. 173. Corvus infumatus, Wagn. Munch, 

 gel. Anz. 1839. Corvus corax, Horsf. and Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. 1. Co. ii 

 p. 552 ; Murray, Vert. ZooL, Sind, p. 175. THE AFGHAN BROWN-NECKED 

 RAVEN. 



Head and neck glossy umber brown, also the ear coverts, sides of the face 

 and sides of the neck, the latter scarcely glossed ; lores, incumbent nasal 

 bristles, feathers round the eye, at base of bill and at the gape, black ; back, 

 scapulars, wings, wing-coverts, upper tail- coverts and tail glossy black with a 

 violet blue gloss ; chin, throat and breast dark glossy umber brown ; rest of 

 under surface brown, glossed with purple on the breast, flanks, abdomen and 

 vent ; under tail coverts glossy purplish black ; axillaries and under wing 

 coverts purplish black ; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. 



Length. 21-5 to 23 inches; wing 15 to 16-4 ; tail 8'6 to 9; tarsus 2-9; bill 

 at front 2*9 to 3. 



Hob. This fine Raven occurs during winter in the northern parts of Sind, 

 where it is not uncommon at Larkhana and Jacobabad from December to 

 March. It has hitherto been known from N. E. Africa, Palestine, and Beloo- 

 chistan, about as far as 62 East long. Its occurrence at Jacobabad extends 

 its range to nearly 69 East long. Occurs also in Beloochistan, S. Afghanistan, 

 Punjab (Ferozepore), Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Cashmere (Gilgit). 



124. CorvUS lawrencei, Hume, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 235 ; id. 

 Str. F. vol. i. p. 205 ; Adam, t. c. p. 385 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. 

 p. 408 ; StoL S. F. 1864, p. 474; Ball. S. F. 1875, p. 207 ; Murray, Hdbk. 

 ZooL, fyc., Sind, p. 172; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vol. iii. p. 15. The 

 INDIAN RAVEN. 



Uniform blue-black throughout, with a purplish tinge on the throat and 

 upper breast ; feathers of the chin and throat lanceolate ; bill black ; incum- 

 bent bristles in front extend to beyond more than half of the length of the 

 bill, which is much arched ; irides dark brown or grey brown ; legs black. 



Length. 2375 to 24*75 inches; wings 16*3 to 17-4, when closed reach to 

 about from 0*3 to 0*5 of the end of the tail; bill at front 2-8. 



Hab. Sind, Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Kutch, Kattiawar, Rajputana, Beloo- 

 chistan and Afghanistan; found in some numbers in Upper Sind and usually 

 in flocks of from 30 to 50 at the beginning of winter, when a great number are 

 to be seen dead under the trees about Jacobabad and Shikarpoor. 



Gen. ColoeuS.Lin. 



Tarsus longer than culmen, which is more or less shorter than the head ; face 

 feathered ; nostrils covered by bristles. 



