454 coKviD^. 



-6. Loxwood, Sussex, 4lli March Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (P. Godman^. 



4. Alton, lianta, 2nd April. Crowley Beque.st. 



6. Maiden Newton, Dorset, 17th W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 

 April (R. Wttllis). [P.]. 



6. Maiden Newton, 26th April W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(R.W.). [P-j- 



7. Co. Antrim, Ireland, 31st March W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



[S. M. Slears). [P.]- 



2. Sweden. S. 0. Sahlin, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Valkenswaard, Plolland, 21st Seehohni Coll. 



May. 



5. 7omev».m&(T. Holland). Seehohm Coll. 

 5. Rhenish Prussia, 22nd April. Seebohm Coll. 



Trypanocorax pastinator {Gould). 

 (Plate XXI. figs. 6 & 7.) 



Corvus pastinator, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 336. 



Trypanocorax pastinator, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 10 (1877) ; 



Tacz. Faun. Orn. SiMr. Orient., Minx. Ac. St. Pitersb. (7) xxxix. 



p. 537 (1891) ; Nexoton, Outheca Wilhyana, pt. ii. p! 506 (1902) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 589 (1009); Nehrk. Kat. Biersammt. p. 357 



(1910). 

 Corvus frugilegus pastinator, Hartert, Voy. pal. Faun. i. p. 14 (1903). 



Eggs of the Eastern Eook cannot be separated from the more 

 densely marked examples of the eggs of T. fruf/ilegas. They vary 

 in length from 1-5 to 1-65, and in breadth from 1-03 to 1-12. 



1. [China] (NehrJcorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Amoy, China {B. Swinhae). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Chin-kiang, E. China, 9th April. J. D. La Touche, Esq. [C.]. 



Genus HETEEOCORAX, Sharpe. 



Heterocorax capensis (Licht.). 



(Plate XXI. figs. 4 & 5.) 



Corvus montnnus, 27iien. Fortnfianz. yes. Vbq. tab. xxxix. fig. 7, a-c 

 (1845-54). ./ * ./ n J 



Corvus capensis, Andersson, Birds Damaraland, p. 155 (1872) ; Marshall, 

 Ibis, 1900, p. 223; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 14 (1900) ; 

 Shelley, Birds Afr. v. p. 152 (1906). 



Heterocorax capensis, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 415 

 (1875-84) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 12 (1877) ; Butler, 

 Feilden ^ Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 255 ; Nehrh. Eat. Fiersamml. p. 13 

 (1899) ; Reich. Vdy. Afr. ii. p. 637 (1903) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 590 (1909); Nehi'k. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 367 (1910). 



Heterocorax capensis minor, Reich. T'oy. Afr. ii. p. 638 (1903). 



The eggs of the African Rook are of a narrow, pointed oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They vary from reddish-white to 

 salmon-pink, and are marked with rich chestnut, lilac-red, or pale 



