co u v us. 467 



Eggs of the Siberian Hooded Crow are indistinguishable from 

 those of C. comix. 



1. Yenesei R., Lat 66^ N., 21st May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. Seebohm}. 

 4. Mai Amir, South Persia, 6500 ft., Col. A. C. Baihvard [P.]. 



loth April (R. li. }\'<>omam). 



Corvus capellanus, Sclater. 



Corone capellana, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 32 (1877) ', id., Ibis, 



1886, p. 477. 

 Corvus capellanus, Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 20 (1889); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 597 (1909) ; Nehik. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 358 (1910). 

 Corvus comix capellanus, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 11 (1903) ; 



Jourdain, Eggs Ettrop. Birds, i. p. 8 (1906). 



The eggs of the Persian Hooded Crow very closely resemble 

 those of C. comix. They measure from 1/6 to 1/8 in length, and 

 from 1/1 to 1/ln in breadth. 



5. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Cnmming, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Fao, 26th Feb. W. 1). Gumming, Esq. [P.I. 



4. Fao, 27th March. W. D. Oumining, Esq. [P.]. 



Corvus cor one, Linn. 

 (Plate XXI. fig. 8.) 



Corvus corone, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vb'g. tab. xl. fig. 1, a-g (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vdy. tab. 34. fig. 1 (1855-63) ; Hevritvm, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, i. p. 222,' pi. Iviii. fig. i (1856); Saunders, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 221 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 531 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, i. p. 539, pi. 16 (1883) : id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 224, 

 pi. 55. fiffs. 10 & 12 (1896) ; 'Newton', Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. 

 p. 506 (11)02); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 421 (1902); Hey, 

 Eier Vog. Mitteleurop. i. p. 358 (1904), pi. 51. figs. 1-10 (1900) ; 

 Jourd. Eggs Eur op. Birds, i. p. 8, pi. 3. figs. 1-10 (1906) ; Dresser 

 Eggs Birds Eur op. pts. xiii. xiv. p. 430, and pts. xi. & xii. pi. 4, 

 figs. 7-12 (1908); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 597 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 358 (1910). 



Corone corone, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 36 (1877). 



Corvus corone coroue, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 11 (1903). 



The eggs of the Carrion Crow are not separable by any character 

 from those of the C. comix. 



4. Lanarkshire, 19th April (/. Hark- W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



ness) [P.]. 



3. Castle Eden, Durham ( Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



1. Castle Eden, April (H. B. Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram). 



4. York, 16th April (F. Potter). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



[P.l. 



7. Near York (Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



