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the Yenesay river to the Pacific, but it is also found in greater 

 or less abundance southwards in Turkestan and Kashmir, extend- 

 ing into Europe as far as England. 



Habits, $c. The Carrion-Crow, like the Eaven, is found in the 

 wildest parts of the countries it inhabits. It is generally solitary 

 and but seldom seen in flocks. Brooks found the nest in Kashmir, 

 at Sonamurg, on the 30th May, but he gives no particulars of the 

 occurrence. The eggs, which are pale green, spotted and otherwise 

 marked with greenish or olive-brown and pale sepia, measure 1'67 

 by 1-16. 



4. Corvus macrorhynchus. The Jungle-Crow. 



Corvus macrorhynchus, Waqler, Syst. Av., Corvus, sp. 3 (1827) ; 



Hume, S. F. v, p. 461 ; Hume, Cat. no. G60 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 397; 



Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 250 ; Gates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 4. 



Corvus levaillantii, Less. Traite, p. 328 (1831); Hume, N. $ E. 



p. 411 ; id. S. F. ii, p. 243 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. Aves, p. 589. 



Corvus culnimatus, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 96 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, 



p. 553; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 295; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iii, p. 20. 

 Corvus interniedius, Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 171 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, 

 p. 297; Hume Offenders. Lah. to Yark.y. 237; Hume, Cat. no. 661. 

 Corvus tenuirostris, Moore, apud Jerd. B. 1. ii, p. 297. 

 Corvus andainaiiensis, Tytler, Beai-an, Ibis, 1866, p. 420. 

 Corone macrorhvncha ( Wayl.}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iii, p. 38 ; Leyge, 



Birds Ceyl. p/346. 



Corone levaillanti (Less.}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iii, p. 39. 

 Corvus enca, H&rsf. apud Hume, Cat. no. 662. 



The Indian Corby, the Black Hill-Crow, the Slender-billed Crow, Jerd.; 

 Dhar or Dhal koiva,Hmd. in the North; Dheri-kowa, Hind, in the South; 

 Karrial, Hind. ; Dad-kag, Beng. ; Kaki, Tel. ; Kaka, Tarn. ; Ulak-pho, 

 Lepch. ; Ulak, Bhut. ; Goyegamma-Kaka, Ceyl. 



Fig. 4. Head of C. macrorhynchus. 



Coloration. Upper plumage glossy black except the hind neck 

 and sides of neck, which are almost glossless, and of which the 

 feathers are disintegrated and silky, not of the intense black of the 

 other parts, and with the shafts not distinguishable from the webs. 



Iris dark brown ; legs, feet, and bill black. 



Length about 19 ; tail 7 to 9 ; wing 11 to 14 ; tarsus about 2-2 ; 

 bill from forehead to tip 2-2 to 2-5. 



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