42. S. teneforicosa, Old., Sooty Owl. 



Sooty, with white spots. Facial disc sooty-grey, becoming much 

 deeper round eyes. 



Total length, male 13'5 in. to 15 in., wing 10 '5 in.; female 13 in. to 

 16 in., wing 10 in. to 12'5 in. 

 Hab. : 1 to 4. 



43. S. Candida, Ticknell, Long-legged Owl (Grass Owl). 



Upper surface uniform brown, with spots of white ; under surface 

 similar. Tarsus. 3 '5 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 6. 



ORDER P ASSURES, 



Palate segithognathous. (Vomer is broadened and blunt or truncated at 

 the anterior end ; maxillo-palatines widely separated. ) 



DIVISION L AOROMYODI. 



Subdivision I. Passeres Normales. 



SECTION A. TURDIFORMES. 



Typical or Thrush-like passeres. Wing with ten primaries, the first more 

 or less markedly reduced in size. 



Group Coliomorphae. 



Angle of chin produced very far forwards, so as to extend beyond the line 

 of the anterior margin of the nasal suture. 



FAMILY CORVID^:. 



Bill without a distinct subterminal notch in the upper mandible ; toes 

 normal, the hallux very strong, but with its claw not as long as the 

 middle toe and claw. 



SUB-FAMILY COKVIN^. 



Nostrils placed high in the maxilla, as near to or nearer the culmen than 

 the edge of the maxilla. 



GENUS CORVUS. First primary is long, equal to or exceeding the 

 innermost secondaries. 



44. C. COronoideS, Vig. and Hors. , Crow. 



Plumage uniform blue-black. The neck and body feathers are 

 Snow-white at the bases. 

 Hab. : 1 to 8. 



GENUS CORONE. First primary is longer than ordinary secondaries 

 but shorter than the inmost secondaries. 



45. C. austral is, Gld., Raven. 



Plumage uniform blue-black. The bases of feathers are dusky- 

 brown or black, not snow-white. 

 Hab. : 1 to 9. 



GENUS STREPERA. Nostrils bare. General appearance black or 

 grey, marked in one to three regions with white. 



46. S. graculina, White, Pied Crow-Shrike. 



Quills with white tip (if present) not exceeding |-in. in breadth ; 

 base of tail white ; white wing speculum ; under tail coverts 

 white. 



Hab. : 1 to 4. 



