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and described an example of a new subspecies of Albatros 

 Avliicli lie proposed to name 



DiOMEDEA CULMINATA MATHEWSI, Subsp. n. 



? Adult. Differs from D. c. culminata in having the cheeks 

 and throat pure white, and the top of the head almost white, 

 instead of deep blue-grey. The back and hinder part of the 

 neck are also browner and of a less pure slate-grey. 



Hub. Campbell Island, New Zealand seas. 



Type in the Tring Museum. 



Obs. This appears to be the breeding bird of the New 

 Zealand seas, the specimens of D. c. culminata from those 

 parts being casual visitors and mostly young birds. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant made the following remarks 

 on the Australian species of Corvus : — 



At the present time great confusion exists in ornitho- 

 logical works concerning the specific distinctions and names 

 of the Crows met with in Australia. The forms generally 

 recognised are : — 



1. The Australian Raven, or White-eyed Crow, Corvus 



australis. 



2. The Hazel-eyed Crow, Corvus coronoides. 



3. The Small-billed Crow, or Jackdaw, Corvus bennetti. 



The latter, which is at once distinguished by its compara- 

 tively very small bill and slender tarsi, may be dismissed 

 from present consideration, leaving us to deal with the 

 names of the Raven and the Crow. These two species are 

 very easily recognised by the characters given below, and a 

 large series of specimens in the British Museum and in the 

 collection of Mr. G. M. Mathews seems to indicate clearly 

 that their geographical distribution is also quite different : 

 the Raven being a southern and the Crow a northern form. 



The Raven. — The adult has the bases of the feathers of 

 the mantle sooty-grey, and the feathers of the throat 

 elongate and lanceolate. 



