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light ochraceous-buff. The crown, nape, and ear-coverts 

 are very distinct in being pinkish cinnamon with brown and 

 black tints instead o£ different shades o£ ash-grey. 



Type. In the British Museum. An adult male from 

 Nahud, Western Kordofan^ collected on 22ud May, 1920, 

 by Captain Lynes. 



Dimensions o£ the type : — Wing 114 mm., tail 94, 

 tarsus 27, bill 21. 



Two of a party of five collected in Western Kordofan. 



Adult female. Similar to male. 



Col. Meinertzhagen described the following new sub- 

 species : — 



Corvus cornix minos, subsp. uov. 



Nearest to Corvus c. palle scents Mad. from Cyprus, but 

 with a longer wing and a deeper and longer culmen. Wing 

 of four males 316-327 and of one female 313 mm. Length 

 of culmen of males 55-61 mm., and depth 20-22, whereas 

 the wings of C. c. pallescens vary from 294-299, length of 

 culmen 49-56 and depth 17'5-19. 



Type in the Tring Museum, J", Candia, Crete, 13. v. 20. 



I name this Hooded Crow after the ancient and celebrated 

 King of Crete. 



Garrulus glandarius cretorum, subsp. nov. 



This race belongs to the streak-headed Jays, as in G. g. 

 glandarius, and not to the black-headed Jays of Armenia, 

 Asia Minor, etc. It is nearest to G. ichnusce of Sardijiia, but 

 has a slightly redder hind neck and apparently a greyer 

 back. Similar in size to G. ichnusce. The differences in 

 colour are more noticeable in the juvenile plumage than 

 among adults. 



Compared with the typical race, they are smaller and less 

 vinous on both -the upper and lower parts. Compared with 

 G. glazneri from Cyprus, they have a much longer culmen 

 and a considerable amount of white on the forehead, 

 G. glazneri having no trace of white. Compared with 

 G. fasciatus from Spain, they are slightly darker and not 



