474 CORV1D.15. 



Colceus collaris (Drwnmond). 



Colceus collaris, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 27 (1877) ; id., 

 Hand-l. v. p. 600 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 359 (1910). 



Corvus monedula, Oates (nee Linn.)) Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 22 

 (1889) ; Oates, ed. Hume. Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 12 (1889). 



Corvus collaris, Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 503 (1902). 



Coloaus monedula collaris, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 17 (1903) ; 

 Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 17 (1906). 



Eggs of the East European Jackdaw are indistinguishable from 

 those of C. monedula. 



2. Gera^h, beyond Jordan, 4th May Crowley Bequest. 



(H. B. Tristram). 



1 Erzerum, Armenia (Dresser Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Kashmir. Prof. Oidharn [P.J. 



6. Kashmir, 13th May ( W. Theobald) . II urne Coll . 



1. Kashmir, 22nd J une. Hume Coll. 



Colceus dauuricus (Pall.). 



Colceus dauuricus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 28 (1877) ; Hartert, 

 Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 18 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 600 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 359 (1910). 



Corvus dauuricus, Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 504 (1902) ; 

 Dresser, Man. Pal Birds, i. p. 419 (1902). 



Eggs of the Daurian Jackdaw are similar to those of C. monedula. 



1 . Siberia. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Aumrland. Crowley Bequest. 



4. China, 9th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus RHINOCORAX, Sliarpe. 

 Rhinocorax affinis 



Rhinocorax affinis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 46 (1877) ; id., Hand-l. 



v. p. 600 (1909) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 639 (1903). 

 Corvus affinis, N. C. Rothschild $ Wollaston, Ibis, 1902, p. 13; Shelley, 



B. Afr. v. p. 140 (1906) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds Europe, pts. xiii. & 



xiv. p. 438, pts. xi. & xii. pi. 6. fig. 6 '(1908). 



Eonr eggs of the Fan-tailed Eaven resemble those of Corvus corax. 

 Those obtained at Luxor are smaller and measure respectively : 

 1-7 by 1-13, and 1'7 by 1*12. Those from Jericho are larger, 

 measuring T98 by 1'24, and 1-9 by 1*28. The two eggs recorded 

 by Mr. Dresser, and taken by Dr. Koenig at Jericho, appear to be 

 intermediate in size, varying from 1/69 to l*8i in length, and from 

 1-16 to 1-26 in breadth. 



2. Jericho, Palesline, 20th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Luxor, Egypt, 31st March ( N. C.R. Hon. N. C. Rothschild & 

 &A.F. R.W.). A. F. R. Wollaston, Esq. 



[P.]. 



