250 CORVINE. 



wings more generally lengthened ; tail usually moderate or short, 

 even or emarginate, rounded in a few ; feet fitted for walking on 

 the ground, as well as for perching. 



FAMILY, Corvidse. 



Bill strong, more or less compressed, usually entire, rarely 

 notched at the tip ; nostrils thickly clad with stiff incumbent 

 bristles ; tarsus short ; feet strong, and claws well curved ; of 

 large size mostly. 



SUB-FAMILY, Corvinse. 



Bill very stout, long, straight, with the ridge more or less 

 curved ; wings long, somewhat pointed ; tail variable ; tarsus 

 stout, strongly scutate ; claws well curved. 



GENUS, Corvus, Lin. 



Bill long, very strong and thick, straight ; the culmen more or 

 less elevated ; nares protected by very long and rigid bristles ; 

 wing long and pointed, first quill short ; second a little shorter 

 than the third and fourth, and the fifth usually subeqttal to 

 them ; tail moderate, even, or somewhat rounded ; tarsus very 

 stout, of moderate length, with strong scutae ; feet moderate ; 

 lateral toes about equal ; claws sharp, and strongly curved. 



Corvus lawrencei, Hume. 



6 57bis.~- Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 1 75. 

 THE INDIAN RAVEN. 



Length, 2375 to 2475 ; wing, 1 6'3 to 17'4 ; tail very much 

 rounded ; the outer tail-feathers being always two, and generally 

 2 '5 inches shorter than the central ones ; bill at front, 2 '8. 



Bill black ; irides dark or grey-brown ; legs black. 



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

 throat and upper breast ; feathers of the chin and throat lanceo- 

 late ; incumbent bristles in front, extend to beyond more than 

 half of the length of the bill, which is much arched. 



Within our limits the Indian Raven only occurs in Upper 

 Sind. 



Corvus macrorhynchus, Wagl. 



660. C. culminatus, Sykes. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, 

 p. 295 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 493 ; 

 Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 413 ; Corone macror- 

 hyncha, Wagl. ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 128. 



THE INDIAN CORBY. 

 Length, 21 ; wing, 13'5 ; tail, 775 ; tarsus, 2'5 ; bill at front, 



2-4. 



Bill black ; irides dark-brown ; legs black. 



