CORVID.E — THE Clio WS. 24o 



Wlute-necked IJaven wo luvve vorv littlo knowledge. It was first descriljed 

 by Jjeiiteimnt (Jdiieli, in l<sr)4, i'nnn .speciniens obtained by him at ("liaico 

 Escondido, Mexico, in May, IS.ui. ( )tiier Hpeciiiieiis were afterwards ])n»- 

 cured by Dr. Keinierly, at Janos, ^[e.vico, in \H')'), and by Mr. Dresser iit 

 Eaji;le ra.ss, Texas, in Mareli, 18()4. Tlie latter yives" no notes as to its 

 habits. 



Dr. Kennorly's note in regard to it is that it was nf)t very conmion, and 

 when .seen was generally associated witli tiie larger species of liaven. Lien- 

 tenant t!onch merely mentions it as found in small numbers in Eastern 

 Taniaidii)as, generally near ranches. 



Mr. J. H. Clark writes that this species does not seem to possess the 

 cunning or wariness of its congeners. It was met witii, in the greatest 

 abundance, about watering-places. It was not found hal)itually in great 

 flocks, tliough at tiie head of the Limi)ia many were congregated and Hying 

 about the face of an innnenso rocky mountain wall, where they were 

 ])robal)ly nesting. Their note he describes as coarse, and less shrill tlian 

 that of the common Crow. lie met with the .sujiposed nest in an arl)u- 

 rescent cactus. 



Dr. Cones does not ai)pear to have met witli this si)ecies in Arizona, but 

 Lieutenant IJendire writes to Professor Baird from Tucson, A])ril 12, 1H72, 

 that it is the most common Crow or liaven tliere. This he discovered 

 accidentally, finding that three fourths of tiie IJavens he shot proved to be 

 of this species; tlic otiiers were the Colorado race of the IJaven. Sj)ei!i- 

 mens of this Crow were obtained at Fort IJuchauan by Dr. Irwin, at Pecos 

 Piver by Dr. Anderson, and in the Indian Territory by Mr. McCarthy. 



An egg of this species, from Trout Creek, Texas, obtained June 20 by 

 Charles S. McCarthy, measures 1.75 inches in length by 1.25 in breadtli. 

 The ground-color is a light grayish-green, and is pretty uniformly marked 

 with fine dottings of mingled purple and brown. 



Corvus americanus, Aud. 



COHMON CBOW. 



CorvH.i cnronc, Wilson, Am. Orii. IV, 1811, 79, \A. xxv, f. 3. — Bos. Obs. Wils. IS'24, 

 Xo. 37. — In. Syn. 182S, HC. — Hicil. F. H. Am. II, 1831, 291. — Ni'iT.vi.i,, M:iii. I, 

 lS3'i, 2(19 (not rii/T».s' (ywi/k: of Linn.). Cornis amfrieaiui.i, Aud. Oi-ii. Hioj;. II, 1.S3I, 

 317 ; V, 477, pi. clvi. — Iii. Syn. 1839, 150. —In. Uiiils Am. IV, 1842, 87, pi. I'lxxv. 

 — lioN. List, 1838. — lu. C'on.sp. 18.'iO, 385. — NrrrAl.i., Man. I, (2il al,) 184(t, 221. - 

 Maxim. licLso, I, 1839, 14n. — Nkwiikuuy, Zoiil. Ciil. k Or. Koutc, V. U. U. llrp. VI, 

 IV, 1857, 82. — lUlitn, Hinls N. Am. 18.")8, 5G6, pi. xxiii. — Max. Caban. J. VI, 

 1858, 108. — Si'iii.KOEl., Notici" sur Ics rorbcaux, 10, i)l. i, f. 16. — Coi'K.s, P. A. N. S. 

 1861, 226. — Samvkls, 357. — Ali.kn, 15. E. I'ln. 297 (in part). 



Sp. Char. Fourth ([iiill loujicst ; second sliortcr than .sixth; first shorter than ninth. 

 Glossy black with violet reflections, even on the bi^lly. Len<;th, 10.00 to 20.00; wing, 

 13.00 to 13.50 ; tail about 8.00. Tarsus longer than the midtUe toe and claw. 



