Birds of Lucknow. 479 
addition to Reid^s original list. The name and number 
attached to each species is that used in the volumes on 
' Birds ' by Messrs. Gates and Blanford in the ' Fauna of 
British India. ^ 
Species marked with an asterisk are those which have not 
previously been recorded from Lucknow. 
List of Species, with Notes. 
No. 4. CoRVUs MACRORHYNCHUs. JungU-Crow. 
Kowa; Bara Kowa [H. Lucknow]. Raven [Anglo- 
Indian] . 
The Jungle-Crow is very common, though not so numerous 
as its sm£i,ller cousin. It is to be seen almost everywhere, in 
Civil LineSj Cantonments^ round native huts^ and far away 
in the jungle. It breeds from the middle of February to May, 
the great majority laying in March, and building a compact 
stick nest, always — according to my experience — lined with 
human or horse hair. In nine cases out of ten the nest is 
in a mango, and is often well concealed, but I have notes 
of some in the cork, fir, pepal, and sheshum, and the late 
Mr. George Reid states that the bird is very fond of tamarind 
trees. The largest number of eggs that I have ever found 
is four, and two or three hard-set eggs or young are not 
uncommon. My earliest dated e^^ is Feb. 28 and the latest 
May 7. 
The average length of a large number of Lucknow eggs is 
F-74xl^'-4. 
Although there is only one species of this Crow in India, 
yet one cannot help contrasting it with the Himalayan 
variety — in my opinion a much finer bird than its miserable, 
bedraggled, half-starved representative in the plains below. 
Amongst my papers I find a curious note given me by 
Mr. J. Spence, one of the Assistant-Masters of La Martiniere 
College. Whilst rowing one evening on the river, this 
gentleman was attracted by a curious noise, and on turning 
round saw one of these birds outside a Sand- Martin's hole. 
Every now and then it would utter a call, and if, as my 
informant expressed it, any poor little half-fledged Sand- 
