CORVUS. 4G3 



where it is spotted with umber-brown and lilac-grey. They 

 measure respectively: 1-5 by 1-1; J -59 by I'll; l'Q'2 by 1-14; 

 1-66 by 1-12; 1-68 by 1-13. 



2. Philippine Is., May (E. L. Moseley}. Crowley Bequest. 



3. Marinduque, Philippine Is. Steere Coll. 



Corvus pusillus, Tweedd. 

 (Plate XXI. fig. 2.) 



C'orvus pusillus, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 622 ; O</ilvie- Grant $ White- 

 head, Ibis, 1898, p. 234, pi. vi. fisr. 5; McGregor, Man. Philipn. B. 

 ii. p. 723 (1909) ; Sharps, Hand I. v. p. 595 (1909). 



An egg of the Small Philippine Crow is of an ovate shape, 

 slightly rounded at the smaller end. The ground is greenish- 

 white, minutely spotted and marked all over the surface with 

 umber-brown, yellowish-brown, and pale lavender. It measures 

 1-48 by 1-03. 



The specimen here described was taken by Steere from the 

 oviduct of a female example of 0. pusillus. 



1. Mindoro, Philippine Is., June. J. B. Steere, Esq. [C.]. 



Corvus torquatus, Linn. 



Corvus torquatus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 411 ; Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 iii. p. 21 (1877) ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 430 ; Sharpe, Hand-L v. 

 p. 596 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 358 (1910). 



Most of the eggs of the Chinese Parson-Crow are inseparable 

 from those of C. corax, and display great variety in colour and 

 markings ; but certain types, with the pale green ground-colour 

 almost or entirely obscured by the confluent dark olive-brown 

 markings, resemble those of C. comix described below. They vary 

 in size from 1-52 to 1-89 in length, and from 1-06 to 1-25 in 

 breadth. 



2. Arnoy, China (R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Foochow, China, Jan. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



4. Foochow, 26th Jan. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



3. Foochow, 8th Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. IP. 



5. Foochow, 21st Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 3. Foochow, 23rd Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 3. Foochow, 24th Feb. . C. B. Rickett, Esq. IT. 



3. Foochow, 28th Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



4. Foochow, 5th March. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 3. Foochow, 11 th March. C, B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



2. Foochow, llth March. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 

 2. Foochow, 28th March, C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



