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2. The Ckow. Corvus cecila, Mathews. 



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

 (18G5) [part.]. 



Coi'vus coronoides, Ramsay, Ibis, 1865, p. 303 [part.] ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 20 (1877) [part.] ; North, 

 Nests & Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 186, pi. vii. fig. 8 (1889) ; 

 Campbell, Nests & Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 54 (1901) ; 

 North, Nests & Eggs Birds Austr. i. p. 1 (1901); Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 652 [Southern Cross; Koolgardie 

 and Gascoyne R., West Australia]. 



Corvus coronoides cecilce, Mathews, Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 442 

 (1912) [North-west Australia] . 



Corvus bennetti bennetti, Mathews (nee North), t. c. p. 442 

 [New South Wales ; South Australia] . 



Corvus bennetti queenslandicus , Mathews, t. c. p. 443 

 [Queensland]. 



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



North. 



Corvus bennetti. North, Victorian Nat. xvii. p. 170 (1901) 

 [Moolah, western New South Wales] ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 

 1909, p. 652 [Carnarvon, Gascoyne R., West Australia]. 



Corvus bennetti bonhoti, Mathews, Nov. Zool. xviii. p. 442 

 [Murchison, W^est Australia]. 



The colour of the iris does not seem to be of any value as 

 a specific character. In fully adult examples of all three 

 species it appears to be white. 



Mr. H. F. WiTHERBY exhibited an albinistic variety of 

 the Blackbird (Tardus merula) sent to him by Mr. R. O. 

 Blyth, from near Glasgow, on the 27th of July, 1911. The 

 bird was in juvenile plumage, but was of a uniform rufous- 

 buff colour, the inner webs of the wing-feathers being cream- 

 colour. The bill was bone-colour, the legs and feet pale 

 flesh, and the eyes pink. The bird was in a very emaciated 

 condition when picked up and died shortly afterwards. 

 The wing measured only 112 mm. 



