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Coloration. Forehead and crown umber-brown, partially glossed 

 with purple ; nape, hind neck and mantle, sides of the head and 

 sides of the neck umber-brown, almost glossless ; remaining upper 

 plumage glossy black ; the whole lower plumage blackish brown, 

 most of the feathers with umber-brown edges and .with a very 

 small amount of gloss. 



Bill black ; legs black, with a brownish tinge ; iris dark brown 

 (Dresser). 



Length about 22 ; tail 9 ; wing 15*5 ; tarsus 2'5 ; bill from gape 

 2-5. 



Fig. 3. A throat-hackle of G. umbrinus. 



Distribution. This Eaven is a bird of the desert. It has occurred 

 a few times within our limits, and I have seen specimens in the 

 Hume Collection procured at Jacobabad and Larkhana in Sind in 

 January and February. It is probably more common in Mekran. 

 Apart from its coloration it is very distinct from 0. cor ax of the 

 Punjab, being very much smaller and having the hackles of the 

 throat very much shorter. It extends eastwards to Egypt. 



3. Corvus cor one. The Carrion-Crow. 



Corvus corone, Zmw. Syst. Nat. i, p. 155(1766) ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. 



ii, p. 553 ; Jerd. B. 1. ii, p. 295; Hume, N. fy E. p. 410 ; id. Cat. 



no. 659 j Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 570 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 



2nd ed. i, p. 4. 



Corvus pseudocorone, Hume, N. E. p. 410 (1873). 

 Corone corone (Linn.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iii, p. 36. 



Coloration. The entire plumage intense glossy black, the feathers 

 of the hind neck firm and with glistening shafts. 



Bill and legs shining black ; iris brown (Dresser). 



Length about 19 ; tail 8 ; wing 12'6 to 14 ; tarsus 2*3 ; bill from 

 gape 2-25. 



Distribution. I cannot discover any difference between the only 

 two Indian-killed specimens of this species I have seen and 

 numerous others from various parts of the world. The Carrion- 

 Crow appears to be a resident in Kashmir, where it breeds. It is 

 no doubt common enough, but frequently overlooked as a common 

 crow. It has not yet been found in any other part of India. 

 The proper home of this bird is the eastern half of Siberia, from 



