548 MARaUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON THE [Juiie 19, 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill, from gape. 



S 1-94 1-3.5 0-5 075 



2 1-87 1-25 0-5 0-62 



A true Nectarophila. 



33. Arachnecthra jugularis. 



Certhia jugularis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 185. no. 7 (1766) ; Walden, 

 t. c. p. 200'. no. 123. 

 rt-v » [No. 360, 6 ■ Ilo-ilo. Eyes black. Stomach had insects. 

 ^ No. 389, S-\ n ■ • n 



No. 390, 11 C"""S"'"-^ 



These examples agree with those noted (/. c). Not known hitherto 

 from Camiguin. 



34. CORVUS PHILIPPINUS. 



Corvus philippinus, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxvii. p. 830(1853); 

 Walden, t. c. p. 201. no. 125. 



[No. 343, d ■ Zamboanga. 



No. 356, c?. Ilo-ilo. Eyes black. Stomach had seeds, worms, 

 &c. 



T«J isio o f Camiguin. These birds have been seen at most of 



N ^ii^i o I the places we have been at\in the Philippines 

 ' + [ and on this island they were quite abundant.] 



This species has not hitherto been known to inhabit the three is- 

 lands above named. The four examples in the collection cannot be 

 separated from those which inhabit Luzon, Negros, and Cujo ; and, 

 like them, their dimensions exceed those of the single type specimen 

 of C. brevipennis, Schlegel, at Leyden. O. philippinus, however, is 

 nothing but a slightly smaller form of C. validus, ex Sumatra, with 

 a greenish rather than a bluish gloss on the under plumage. The 

 following Table shows the principal dimensions of the species from 

 six Philippine islands, together with those of typical examples of C. 

 validus. 



Corvus jj/iilippinus. 



Bill, from 



Wing. Tail. nostril. Gonys. Tarsus. 



Luzon, 2 11'50 8-25 ISO 100 2-25 



Negros, cJ 12-25 8-75 1-75 l-QO 2-35 



,2 12-13 8-67 1-67 1-00 235 



Cujo, $ 11-50 800 1-37 0-90 2-25 



Camiguin, $ 12-26 875 1-75 1-25 2-25 



, 2 12-50 9-00 1-50 1-00 2-25 



Ilo-ilo, d 11-75 8-85 162 112 2-20 



Zamboanga, d 11-81 850 1-62 TOO 2-20 



Corvus validus, ex Sumatra. 



Lampong 1280 875 1-75 100 237 



12-75 8-62 1-62 087 230 



Corvus philippinus belongs to a small group of Crows differing but 

 little from one another in tint, but separable by their dimensions, 

 more especially that of the bills. C. violaceus is the bmallest, then 

 C. enca, C. philippinus, C, validus, and C. validissimus. 



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