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Genus PICATHARTES, Lesson. 



Picathartes gymnocephalus, Temm. 



Picathartes gymnocephalus, Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 67, pi. ii. ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 141 (1877) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 644 

 (1903) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 159 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 626 (1909). 



An egg of the White-necked Bare-headed Crow is of a rather 

 long oval shape and without gloss. The ground is creamy-white, 

 densely mottled all over with rather small spots and markings of 

 yellowish-brown, umber-brown, and ashy or lilac-grey. It measures 

 1-57 by 1-06. 



1. Denkera, Fantee (8. D. Aubinn). Dr. R. B. Sharpe [P.]. 



Picathartes oreas, Reiclienow. 

 (Plate XXII. fig. 8.) 



Picathartes oreas, Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 6^4 (1903) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. 

 v. p. 160 (1906) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 357 : id.. Hand-l. v. p. 626 

 (1909). 



An egg of the Grey-necked Bare-headed Crow resembles that of 

 P. gymnocephalus. It measures 1'57 by T06. 



1. Cameroon. G. L. Bates Esq. [C.j. 



Genus GLAUCOPIS, Gmd. 



Glaucopis cinerea, Gmel. 

 (Plate XXII. fig. 2.) 



Glaucopis cinerea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 142 (1877) ; Campbell, 

 Tr. New Zeal. hist. xii. p. 249 (1879) ; fuller, Birds N. Zeal. i. p. 5 

 (1888), Suppl. ii. p. 164 (1905); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 627 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Orange-wattled Crow are of a somewhat pointed 

 oval shape and are very slightly glossy. The ground is dull purplish- 

 grey, rather sparingly spotted and blotched with sepia-brown and 

 grey of various shades. They measure respectively 1-53 by 1*1 and 

 1-61 by 1-08. 



2. New Zealand (Field Coll.}. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Genus GRACULUS, Koch. 



Graculus graculus (Linn.}. 

 Corvus graculus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xli, fig. 3 (1845- 



Pyrrhocorax graculus, Tristram, Ibis, 1 859, p. 292 ; Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 

 pp. 313, 358 ; Seebohm, Eygs of Brit. Birds, p. 228, pi. 55. fig. 2 



