Vol. XII 



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1 The Crows of Australia. zj.5 



North, Nests and Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 187, pi. vii. fig. 7 (i88g) ; 

 Campbell, Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 55 (1901) ; North, 

 Nests & Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 5 (1901). 



"Corviis coronoides coronoides, Mathews, Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 442 

 (1912) [Type : New South Wales]. 



"Corvus coronoides perplexus, Mathews, t. c. p. 442 [South-west 

 Australia]. 



"Corviis mariance mariancB, Mathews, t. c. p. 443 [New South 

 Wales]. 



" Corviis mariancB mellori, Mathews, t. c. p. 443 [Victoria, South 

 Australia ; South-west Australia]. 



''Corviis mariaiics halmaturinus, Mathews, t. c. p. 443 [Kangaroo 

 Island]. 



" Corvus mariance tasmanicus, Mathews, t. c. p. 443 [Tasmania]. 



"2. The Crow. Corvus cecilcB,'^ Ma.the\vs. 



"Corvus australis, Gould, Handb. Birds Aust. i. p. 475 (1865) 

 [part.] 



" Corvus coronoides, Ramsay, Ibis, 1865, p. 303 [part.] ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 20 (1877) [part.] ; North, Nests & Eggs 

 Birds Aust. i. p. 186, pi. vii. fig. 8 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests & 

 Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 54 (1901) ; North, Nests & Eggs Birds 

 Austr. i. p. I (1901) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 652 [Southern 

 Cross ; Koolgardie and Gascoyne R., West Australia]. 



" Corvus coronoides cecilce, Mathews, Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 442 

 (1912) [North-west Austraha]. 



"Corvus benneUi bennetti, Mathews (nee North), t. c. p. 442 

 [New South Wales ; South Australia]. 



" Corvus benneUi queenslandicus, Mathews, t. c. p. 443 [Queens- 

 land]. 



" 3. The Small-billed Crow, or Jackdaw Corvus benneUi, North. 



' Corvus benneUi, North, Victorian Nat. xvii. p. 170 (1901) 

 [Moolah, western New South Wales] ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1909, 

 p. 650 [Carnarvon, Gascoyne R., West Australia]. 



"Corvus benneUi bonhoti, Mathews, Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 442 

 [Murchison, West Australia]. 



" The colour of the iris does not seem to be of any value as a 

 specific character. In fully adult examples of all three species it 

 appears to be white." 



Stray Feathers. 



Description of Eggs of Lesser Yellow-faced Honey-eater {Ptilotis 

 sub-chrysops). Emu, ante, p. 19). — In form pointed ovals, though 

 somewhat swollen. Surface of shell fine and slightly glossy. 

 Ground colour pinkish-buff, spotted and lightly blotched, par- 

 ticularly at the larger ends, where irregular zones occur, with two 



* Through the confusion existing in ornithological works, Mr, Ogilvie-Grant is of 

 opinion that this is the only name available. — Eus, 



