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2°9; closed wings fall short of tail, 0°6 ; weight, 2 lbs. 6°75 0z.; 
Bill, legs, feet, and claws, black ; irides, dark brown. 
On the return journey, in August, this Raven was met with 
below Kichik Yailak, and was very numerous about the Sanju 
Pass, where it was observed feeding on the carcases of dead 
horses. From the last place a number of these fine birds ac- 
companied our party all the way over the Karakoram Pass into 
Ladak ; they were very fearless, and made themselves quite at 
home in the camp, walking about in a very stately fashion. 
On one occasion a pony carrying some of my luggage tum- 
bled down the side of a gorge and injured itself so severly 
that it had to be killed on the spot; our Ravens seemed to 
understand perfactly what was going on; for they settled on 
the neighbouring rocks in anticipation of a fine feed, cawing 
in a hoarse and exulting manner. As these birds fly their 
wings make a kind of creaking noise very like the rustling of 
a satin dress; and their caw is a deep, hoarse, clucking sort of 
sound. The Turks speak of the Raven asa fine old bird, and 
say that it lives for a thousand years! The name given by the 
Kirghiz and Andijanis to this species is Kuzghun. 
659.—Corvus corone, Lin. 
8. Yarkand, February.—Length, 18:3; wing, 12°4; tail, 
7'8 ; tarsus, 2°25 ; bill, at front, 2°03; nareal bristles reach to 
within 1:05 of tip of bill. Bill, legs, feet, and claws, black. 
$. 17th June, Yarkand.—Length, 18°8; expanse, 36:5; 
wing, 12°1; tail, 8:5; tarsus, 2°3; bill, from gape, 2°25; 
closed wings fall short of tail, 2°0; weight, 13oz. 
Bill, dark slaty grey; irides, dark brown; legs and feet, 
greyish black; claws, black. 
Mr. Hume considers that the two specimens noted above must 
be referred to C. corone and not culminatus; my own impression 
is that the second * bird whose dimensions, &c., are given 
above is the young of the latter species. If the Crow under 
consideration be really distinct, it is a permanent resident in 
the plains of Eastern Turkestan, and is associated with Corvus 
culminatus. 
659 dis—Corvus cornix, Lin, 
Two specimens of this species were preserved at Kashghar : 
a female in October and a male in November. It was very 
common in the plains during the winter, when it was seen daily 
at Kashghar and Yarkand associating with the Rook (C. frugile- 
gus) and with the Black Crows (C. intermedius and C. corone). 
It was first observed near Yangi Hissar in October, and it 
migrated from Yarkand about the end of March, to repair, it is 
* The Bill is broken ; I am not at all sure. —A. O. H. 
