454 CORVID^K. 



6. Loxwood, Sussex, 4th March Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (P. Godmcm). 



4. Alton, Hants, 2nd April. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Maiden Newton, Dorset, 17th W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 

 April (R. Wallis}. [P.]. 



6. Maiden Newton, 26th April W. Radclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



(11. W.}. [P.]. 



7. Co. Antrim, Ireland, 31st March W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(S. M. Stears). [P.]. 



2. Sweden. S. O. "Sahlin, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Valkenswaard, Holland, 21st Seebohm Coll. 



May. 



5. Pomerania (T. Holland}. Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Rhenish Prussia, 22nd April. Seebohm Coll. 



Trypanocorax pastinator (Gould). 

 (Plate XXI. figs. 6 & 7.) 



Corvus pastinator, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 336. 



Trypanocorax pastinator, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 10 (1877) ; 



Tacz. Faun. Orn. Siber. Orient., Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. (7) xxxix. 



p. 537 (1891) ; Newton, Ootheca Wol/et/ana, pt. ii. p. 506 (1902) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 589 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 357 



(1910). 

 Corvus frugilegus pastinator, Hartert, Vdg. pal. Faun. i. p. 14 (1903). 



Eggs of the Eastern Rook cannot be separated from the more 

 densely marked examples of the eggs of T. fruyilegus. They vary 

 in length from 1-5 to 1'65, and in breadth from 1-03 to 1-12. 



1. [China] (Nehrkorn Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Amoy, China (R. Swinhoe'). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Chin-kiang, E. China, 9th April. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus HETEROCORAX, Sliarpe. 



Heterocorax capensis (Licht.). 



(Plate XXI. figs. 4 & 5.) 



Corvus montanus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Voy. tab. xxxix. fig. 7, a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Corvus capensis, Andersson, Birds Damaraland, p. 155 (1872) ; Marshall, 



Ibis, 1900, p. 223; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 14 (1900) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 152 (1906). 

 Heterocorax capensis, Sharpe, ed. La-yard, Birds S. Africa, p. 415 



(1875-84) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 12 (1877) ; Butler, 



Feilden Sf Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 255 ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 13 



(1899) ; Reich. Vdg. Afr. ii. p. 637 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-l, v. 



p. 590 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p.^357 (1910). 

 Heterocorax capensis minor, Reich. Vdg. Afr. ii. p. 638 (1903). 



The eggs of the African Rook are of a narrow, pointed oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They vary from reddish-white to 

 salmon-pink, and are marked with rich chestnut, lilac-red, or pale 



