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ten different forms, seven of these being named for the first 

 time : thus adding to the confusion which already existed. 

 He, unfortunately, failed to recognise the true specific 

 differences between the Raven and the Crow, and mis- 

 applied the name C. bennetti to smaller specimens of the 

 latter. I am glad to say that he now entirely agrees with 

 me on all the main points at issue concerning the Australian 

 Corvida, and their synonymy, as given below. 



]. The Raven. Corvus coronoides, Vig. & Horsf. 



? Corvus australis, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 365 (1788) [ex Lath. 

 Gen. Syn. i. pt. i. p. 369 (1781)]. 



Corvus coronoides, Vig. & Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv. 

 p. 261 (18.27) [Parramatta, New South Wales] ; Gould, 

 Birds Aust. iv. pi. xviii. (1848) [Tasmania] ; Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1865, p. 303 [part.] ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 20 

 (1877) [part.]. 



Corvus australis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 475 

 (1865) [part.] ; Ogil vie- Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 652 [Albany, 

 S.W. Australia]. 



Corone australis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 37 

 (1877) ; North, Nests & Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 187, 

 pi. vii. fig. 7 (1889) ; Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. 

 Birds, i. p. 55 (1901) ; North, Nests & Eggs Birds Austr. i. 

 p. 5 (1901). 



Corvus coronoides coronoides, Mathews, Nov. Zool. xviii. 

 p. 442 (1912) [Type: New South W^les]. 



Corvus coronoides perplexus, Mathews, t. c. p. 442 [South- 

 west Australia]. 



Corvus marianae marianae, Mathews, t. c. p. 443 [New Southi 

 Wales]. 



Corvus mariance mellori, Mathews, t. c. p. 443 [Victoria, 

 South Australia ; South-west Australia]. 



Corvus mariancB halmaturinus , Mathews, t. c. p. 443 

 [Kangaroo Island]. 



Corvus mariance tasmanicus, Mathews, t. c. p. 443 

 [Tasmania]. 



