Say) { Wal. xxxix. 
In all the five specimens of J/. bimaculata gaza the flight- 
feathers are still in moult, but the body plumage has 
completed its moult. 
I have been able to examine seven specimens of Corvus 
corniz from Palestine (three recently collected by Col. Lord 
W. Percy, Major W. Portal, and myself and four from the 
Tring Museum). These birds show such a marked difference 
from C. cornia from Europe, the Balkans, and Egypt, that 
I propose to separate them under the name of 
Corvus cornix judzus, subsp. nov. 
Type in Tring Museum. Shot at Bir Salem in southern 
Palestine on 17.12.18. Adult male. 
Similar in coloration to Corvus cornix cornix, but colour 
of mantle slightly darker and with a distinct brownish tinge. 
Bill very much weaker and the whole bird very much 
smaller. Wing 293 mm. 
Wing of 3 males from Palestine ...... 293, 303, 305. 
Wing of 3 females from Palestine ... 278, 295, 296. 
NykHieeGE ONE UDSEXEd 55. on soi onc 298. 
Corvus cornix# valachus Tschusi, described from Rumania 
and represented at Tring by three specimens, has, if any- 
thing, a very slightly lighter mantle than C. c. cornix, but 
in among a large series of the latter can scarcely be 
distinguished. 
Egyptian specimens (5 examined) are indistinguishable | 
from European specimens of C. c. cornizx. 
Wing-measurements. 
C7 6. Judge 7 CXAHIUINE 96 he. ki sbe we 293-3805 
C. c. corniz from Egypt. 5 examined... 308-318 
C. c. valachys (?). 3 examined............ 311-312 
Cie. cornis fron N. Emrope 425.53... «2. 320-340 
Dr. Hartert also made the following remarks on 
the new Guinea-fowl recently described by him in the 
‘ Bulletin ’ :— 
At the last meeting of the B.O.C. I made some remarks 
as 
