336 messrs- robinson and kloss on 



corvidae 



Crows and Pies. 



, I Bill and feet red ; general colour green . . . . Cism c. chinemia 



{ Bill and feet not red ; general colour not green . . . . . . 2 



rt (Tail ashy at base ; general colour not black . . . . Denclrocitta rufa 



\ Tail not ashy at base ; general colour black . . . . . . . . 3 



„ (With white in the wing . . .. riatysmurus leucopterua 



I No white in the wing . . . . . . . . . . 4 



( Tail much longer than wing ; middle tail-feathers 

 ,! broadened at tip .. .. .. Cryimrh'mn variant 



1 Tail much shorter than wing ; middle tail-feathers 



I not broadened . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 



- jWing more than 12 inches, breast not grey Corviis coronoides macrorhynclms 



1 Wing not more than 11 inches, breast greyish . . C. aplendenn insolens 



484. Corvus coronoides macrorhynchus Wagl. 



Corints macrorhyncMis, Wagler, ex. Temminck, M. S., Syst. Av. 

 Corvus, 1827, sp. 3 (Java) ; A., p. 380 (Shymotee & Pakchan) ; 

 C. i, p. 397 (Tenasserim) ; E., p. 66 (Patani) ; F., p. 71 (Trang ; 

 Langkawi ; Terutau) ; ? G., p. 148 (Ratburi and Petchaburi) ; H., 

 p. 150 (Bandon ; Koh Samui ; Koh Pennan) ; J., p. 188 (Lang- 

 kawi & Telibun Islands) ; L., p. 114 (Ghirbi). 



Corone enca, D., p. 58 (Patani). 



Corvus coronoides andainanensis, Stresemann, Verb. Ornitb. Ge- 

 sellscb. Bayern, xii, 1916, p. 284 (Tenasserim and Penang). 



Corvus coronoides macrorhynchus, Kloss, Journ. Fed. Malay States 

 Mus. X. 1921, p. 223-227 (P. Siam : Pakcban to Terutau I.). 



Corvus coronoides macrorhynchus ^ andamanensis, Rol)inson & 

 Kloss, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vi, 1923, p. 125 (Bangkok). 



2 (^ , 2 $ . Tapli, P. Siam, 3 March 1919 [Nos. 4345, 4400-2]. 



" Iris dark ; bill and feet black." 



Total length S , 520, 487 ; 2 , 457, 468 ; wing S , 325, 326 ; 

 $ , 302, 313 ; tail 6 , 200, 200 ; $ , 180, 210 ; tarsus d , 62, 64 ; § , 

 52, 65 ; bill from gape c? , 66, 67 ; $ , 63, 64 mm. 



One of us has gone into the question of Malayan crows and 

 finds that all peninsular Siamese birds of this species must be re- 

 garded as G. c. Tnacrorhynchus. We have seen no material from S. 

 W. Siam. 



We feel almost certain that the bird from Bukit Besar, Patani, 

 recorded as Corvus enca by Bonhote is wrongly determined and is an 

 example of this species. It is listed with other examples from Pulo 



A. Hiime & Davison, Stray Feathers, vi, 1878. E. O. Grant, Fasciculi Malayenses, iii (Birds), 190.'>. 



B. Miiller, Die Ornis der Insel Salanga, 1882. F. Eobinson and Kloss, This, 1910-11. 



C. Gates, Birds Brit. Biirmah, Vols, i & ii, 1883. C. Gairdner, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, i, 191.5. 



D. Bonhote. P. Z. S. 1901, Vol. i. H. Eobinson, Journ. F. M. 8. Museums, v, 1915. 



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