464 CORVJD55. 



Corvus scapulatus, Daud. 



Corvus scapulatus, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vog. tab. xxxix. fig. 3, a-c 



(1845-54) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8. Africa, p. 416 (1875-84) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 22 (1877) ; Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Sue. 



Edinb. vii. p. 149 (1882) ; Milne-Edwards $ Grandidier, Hist. Nat. 



Maaag., Ois. p. 444, pi. 304. fig. 6 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 13 (1899), p. 358 (1910); Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 12 



(1900); lieich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 634 (1903), Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 



p. 596 (1909). 

 Corvus albus, Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 144 (1906). 



The eggs of the White-bellied Crow resemble those of C. corax 

 and 0. cornix, but are, as a rule, like those of the Common Indian 

 House-Crow (C. splendens) described below, less boldly marked, 

 with the ground-colour bluer and brighter. Specimens measure 

 from 1/5 to 1'77 in length, and from 1/1 to 1/22 in breadth. 



2. Fashoda, White Nile, 8th April. R. McD. Hawker, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(T. Ay res: Tristram Coll.}. 



2. S. Africa. Gould Coll. 



1. S. Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Cape Colony (E. L. Layard: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



1. Madagascar. Crowley Bequest. 



9. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [P.]. 

 1. Marosiky, E. Madagascar, 10th Crowley Bequest. 



Nov. ( W. D. C.}. 



Corvus comix, Linn. 



Corvus cornix, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xl. tig. 1, a-g (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 34. fig. 2 (1855-63) ; Heioitson, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, i. p. 224, pi. Iviii. fig. ii (1856) ; Shelley, Birds 

 Egypt, p. 159 (1872); Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 543 (1874); 

 Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 328 ; id., Brit. Birds, i. p. 544, pi. 16 (1883) ; 

 Whitehead, Ibis. 1885, p. 38; Seebohm, Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 225, 

 pi. 55. fig. 5 (1896); Newton, Ootheea Wotteyana, pt. ii. p. 506 

 (1902) ; Dresser, Man. Pal Birds, i. p. 421 (1902) ; Rey, Eier Vog. 

 Mitteleurop. i. p. 360 (1904), pi. 50. figs. 1-7 (1900) ; Jourd. Eggs 

 Ei<rop. Birds, i. p. 5, pi. ii. figs. 1-7 (1906) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds 

 Europe, pts. xiii. & xiv. p. 432, and pts. xi. & xii. pi. 2. tigs. 1-6 

 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 596 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 358(1910). 



Corone cornix, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 31 (1877). 



Corvus cornix cornix, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 9 (1903). 



The eggs of the Hooded Crow resemble those of C. corax so 

 closely as to require no separate description. Some specimens, 

 however, are greenish-blue, almost spotless, and precisely similar eggs 

 are not to be found among those of C, cor ax in the Collection. They 

 vary from 1/5 to 1/8 in length, and from 1/1 to 1*28 in breadth. 



3. Faroe Islands (H. C. Milller : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll}. 



4. Faroe Islands (//. C. M.: Ear- Seebohm Coll. 



gitt Coll.}. 



