AND NORTHERN GUZERAT. 493 



Himalayan bird, while its colouring- is that of the Nilghiris bird ; 

 the Aboo bird is larger, and the Mahableshwar larger still, 

 but yet with a wing falling short on the average by 01 of the 

 Nilghiri bird. 



The distinction, moreover, between these two species, pointed 

 out by Dr. Jerdon, viz., that in xantJioqenys the yellow streak 

 extends over both the eye and ear-coverts, while in Jerdoni it only 

 extends over the latter, does not, I am sorry to say, hold good. 

 I have before me specimens from Ootacamund, Neddivattam, and 

 Coonoor in which the streak extends from the nostril to the nape, 

 quite as well marked and as extended as in xanthogenys, al- 

 though of a paler yellow. 



In separating my specimens, therefore, I have been obliged 

 to neglect this character as well as the dimension of wing, and 

 divide the specimens according to general tone of plumage, 

 aud specially with reference to one point, viz., that in Jerdoni 

 the tippings to the wing-coverts are white, while in xanthogenys 

 they are yellow or strongly tinged with yellow. By this 

 arrangement only the Himalayan birds from Nepal to Murree 

 are classed under xanthogenys, and the whole of those from 

 Central and Southern India, which, though varying greatly 

 in size and length of eyestreak, are identical in plumage, are 

 included under Jerdoni. — A. O. H.] 



660.— Corvus culminatus, Syles. 



The Indian Bow-billed Corby is very common at Mount 

 Aboo, but somewhat locally distributed in the plains, as in 

 some places, the neighbourhood of Deesa for instance, it does 

 not occur at all and in others it is not uncommon. 



[Does not belong to the Desert region where it is replaced 

 by the Raven ; it is common according to Captain Hayes 

 Lloyd about the Gir and Girnar, but it only occurs in 

 Kattiawar in connection with these, and I have no note of its 

 occurring in Sindh, or Cutch. I never saw it anywhere in 

 Jodhpoor, and Mr. Adam has never seen it at or near Sambhur. 

 Dr. King, however, in his MSS list notes it from Jodhpoor, 

 but then he does not note thence the Indian race of Corvus 

 corax (Corvus Lawrencei as I have called it) which is excessively 

 common there, and in some places, e. g., Puchbuddra, the only 

 crow ever seen there, except during the rains, when C. imptt- 

 dicus appears, so it is quite possible that Dr. King was mis- 

 taken about this species. — A. O. H.] 



663. — Corvus splendens, Vieill. — C. impudicus 

 Hodgs. 



The Common Indian Crow abounds all over the plains but 

 does not ascend the hills. It breeds in July, during which 



