coitvis. 4<> ( J 



Five eggs of the North- west Crow are similar to those of C. corone 

 but smaller. They measure respectively: 1*63 by 1*12; 1'63 by 

 1-11 ; 1-62 by 1-17 ; 1'6 by M6 ; 1-58 by 1-12. 



3. British Columbia. J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Idaho, U.S.A. Crowley Bequest. 



Corvus ossifragus, Wilson. 



Coloeus ossifragus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 29 (1877). 



Corvus ossifragus, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 415, pi. iv. 

 tigs. 16, 17 (1895) ; Ridyw. Birds North $ Middle Amer. iii. p. 273 

 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 597 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 359 (1910). 



Eggs of the Fish-Crow resemble those of C. corone, but are 

 smaller. They vary in length from. 1'55 to 1'59, and in breadth 

 from 1-04 to Ml. 



1. North America (Smiths. Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Hog Island, Virginia, 22nd May Princeton University, N.J. 



( W. E. D. Scott). [E.]. 



1. Georgia (T. M. Brewer). Crowfey Bequest. 



Corvus splendens, VieiU. 



Corvus splendens, Layard, Ann. Mag. N. H. 2nd ser. xiii. p. 214 (1854) ; 



Beavan, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 376; Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. 



p. 20 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume, Nests 8f Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 8 



(1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 597 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 



p. 359 (1910). 

 Corone splendens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 33 (1877) ; Legge, 



Birds Ceylon, ii. p. 349 (1879). 



Eggs of the Indian House-Crow resemble those of C. cora.v, 

 C. comix, and C. macrorhynchus, and can only be separated from 

 them by their smaller size. Generally, however, the markings 

 are less bold and the ground-colour is bluer and brighter than in 

 the eggs of the above-mentioned birds. They measure from 1*2 to 

 1-65 in length, and from "96 to 1*15 in breadth. 



1. India. Crowley Bequest. 

 7. Sind. Gould Coll. 



3. Sambhur, Rajputana, 28th June Hume Coll. 

 (JR. M. Adam). 



2. Sambhur, 12th July (R. M. A.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Delhi, 4th June (C. T. Bing- Hume Coll. 



ham}. 



1. Delhi, 12th June (C. T. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Agra, 19th June. \V. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Agra, 21st June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



2. Agra, 16th June. Hume Coll. 

 1. Agra, 17th .Tune. Hume Coll. 

 o. Agra, 18th June. Hume Coll. 



