68 DE. J. E. T. AITCHISON ON THE ZOOLOGY OF 



Order PASSERIFORMES. 

 Earn. CORVID^. 



10. Tympanocorax frttgtlegtjs. 



Corvus frugilegus, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 557 (1856-58) j Severtz. t. c. p. 43 ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 237; Blanford, t. c. p. 263; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. Ill ; Scully, t. c. p. 85. 

 Tympanocorax frugilegus (L.); Sbarpe, Cat. Birds, iii. p. 9 (1877). 



1. $ . Bala-morghab, Badgbis. 1st January, 1885. 



2. S • » » 9tb January, 1885. 



3. Witb wbite patch under bill. 



4. 5, 6. No dates or localities. 



Three fully adult birds with bare face. One has the throat bare, but the nasal plumes 

 still adhering. Two, including the white-chinned specimen, are in young plumage with 

 feathered face. 



[Rooks were first seen between De-doda and Ibrahim-abad, on the 28th October, 1884, 

 in large flocks ; they increased in number as we got to the Hamun : from this Rooks were 

 more or less common in the vicinity of our camp wherever we were stationed, especially 

 during the winter at Bala-morghab, where Jackdaws and the Hooded Crow mixed freely 

 amongst the Rooks, with an occasional pair of Ravens. — J. E. T. A.] 



11. COLCEUS COLLARIS. 



Colceus collaris (Drumm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, iii. p. 27 (1877) . 

 Colceus monedula, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 562 (1856-58). 



Corvus monedula, Severtz. t. c. p. 63; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 237; Blanford, t. c. p. 263; C. Swinboe, 

 Ibis, 1882, p. Ill ; Scully, t.c. p. 85. 



1. <$ . Bala-morghab, Badgbis. 23rd December, 1884. 



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[Jackdaws were seen at the Hamun in some numbers, and were common on the Hari- 

 rud and in Badgbis. — J. E. T. A.] 



12. CORONE CORNIX. 



Corone comix (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, iii. p. 31 (1877). 



Corvus comix, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 553 (1856-58) ; Severtz. /. c. p. 63; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 237 ; Blanford, t. c. p. 262 ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 111. 



1. ?. Khusan, Hari-rud. 21st November, 1884. 



2. J 1 . Bala-morghab, Badghis. 8th January, 1885. 



3. No ticket or locality. [This specimen was no doubt collected at the Hamun, where these birds 



were first seen, and where they were very common. — J. E. T. A.] 



These Hooded Crows belong to the pale form which breeds in Siberia, and visits India 

 in the winter. 



