458 CORVIDJE. 



Corvus laurencei, Hume. 



COITUS corax, Oates (nee Linn.}, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 14 

 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume's Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 1 (1889). 



Corvus corax laurencei, Hartert, Vb'g. pal. Faun. i. p. 7 (1903). 



Corvus lawrencei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 592 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 

 samml. p. 358 (1910). 



Eggs of the Persian Raven do not differ in any way from those of 

 C. corax. 



41. Sirsa, Punjab. Hume Coll. 



2. Sirsa, Dec.' Hume Coll. 



1. Sirsa, 15th Jan. Hume Coll. 



2. Sirsa, 25th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 2. Sirsa, llth Feb. Hume Coll. 

 2. Sirsa, 15th March. Hume Coll. 

 1. Sirsa, 20th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Sirsa, 28th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Sirsa, loth April. Hume Coll. 



3. Sirsa, 20th April. Hume Coll. 

 1. Hansi, Punjab, 19th Dec. Hume Coll. 

 1. Hansi, 15th Jan. Hume Coll. 



3. Hansi, 15th Jan. Hume Coll. 

 1. Hansi, 20th Jan. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, 6th Feb. Hume Coll. 



4. Hansi, 16th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Hansi, 17th March. Hume Coll. 

 4. Hansi, 19th March. Hume Coll. 

 2. Bhawulpur, Punjab, 15th Feb. Hume Coll. 

 4. Mahowalla, Hansi, 4th Feb. Hume Coll. 



(H. S. Niel). 

 2. Soolekhara, Hansi, 26th Feb. Hume Coll. 



(H. S. N.). 

 1. Delhi, 15th Jan. Hume Coll. 



Corvus umbrinus, Sundev* 



Corvus umbrinus, Tristram, Ibis, 1866, p. 70 ; Taylor, Ibis, 1867, p. 66 ; 



Shelley, Birds Egypt, p. 158 (1872) ; Dresser, Birds Ew\ iv. p. 577 



(1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii.p. 17 (1877) ; Erlanger, J.f. O. 



1899, p. 495; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 424 (1902); Reich. 



Vog. Afr. ii. p. 633 (1903) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, ii. p. 22 (1905) ; 



Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 149 (1906) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds Europe, 



pts. xiii. & xiv." p. 436, pts. xi. & xii. pi. 5. figs. 8 & 9 (1908) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 592 (1909) ; NehrTc. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 358 



(1910). 

 Corvus corax umbrinus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 8 (1903). 



Eggs of the Brown-necked Raven resemble those of the C. corax, 

 being clear greenish-blue, marked with different shades of brown 

 and underlying lavender. One example is merely marked with a 

 very few specks and small smears, while two others are rather 

 densely mottled. The other specimens are intermediate in colora- 

 tion. They measure from 1'7 to 1*86 in length, and from 1'2 to 

 1'27 in breadth. 



