456 COEVIJDiE. 



oval shape, and usually exhibit a fair amount of gloss. Tho 

 ground-colour varies from a clear greenish-blue to a dingy olive- 

 green, marked with different shades of brown, varying from pale 

 greenish-brown to blaokish-brown or even black, and underl3'ing 

 lavender. The markings on many specimens are sjBall, distinct 

 and sparse, on others blotchy or cloudy and frequently confluent 

 on the larger half of the egg, where they form "a very irregular cap. 

 Between these two extreme types, variations of every kind may be 

 found in a large series. Examples measure from 1'66 to 2'1 in 

 length, and from 1'2 to 1'42 in breadth. 



2. Hoy, Orkneys. Philip Crowley, Esq. [P.l. 

 J. Skye, Hebrides, 24th March. Seebohm Coll. 



3. I. of Islay, Hebrides, Blay (H. J. Crowley Bequest. 



JElwes). 



4. Inverness-shire, 2nd March (Har- Seebohm Coll. 



gitt Coll.). 



2. Norfolk, 13th March. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Lundy Island, Bristol Channel. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Beacon Point, Devon, 3lst March W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(J. H. Wallis). [P.], 



5. Kingston, Devon, 24th March W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 



(XH. W.). [P.]. ' • 



1. Cornwall, 6th March. Seebohm Coll. 

 0. 'Porasy:a.m3,(f. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 

 4. Pomerania(r. -ET.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Pomerania, 28th March {T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Politz, near Stettin, l9th March Seebohm Coll. 



{T.H.). 



4. Dorpat, Baltic Provinces, 11th Seebohm Coll. 



March (BUssow). 



5. Marii Brandenburg, 24th March. W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l. ^ 



4. Silesia {SacJtse)., Seebohm Coll. 



7. Russia. Seebohm Coll. 



doi'vus islandicus, Hantzsch. 



Corvus islandicus, Hantzsch, Orn. Monatsb. xiv. p. 130 (1906) • Shame 

 Hand-l. v. p. 591 (1909). ^ ' 



Eggs of the Iceland Eaveu are indistinguishable from those of 

 C corax. 



2. Iceland. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Iceland (-Procfo** ; Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Corvus Mspanus, Rartert Sf Kleinschm. 

 Corvus corax, Saunders (nee Linn.), Ibis, 1871 , p. 221. 

 Corvus corax hispanus, Hartert ^ Kleinschm. Nov. Zool viii p 45 



(1901) ; HaHeHJ^Jig.pal. Faun. i. p. 6 (1903); Jourd. Eggs' £rop. 



Birds, I. p. 4 (1906). .u i ■ 



Corvus hispanus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 591 (1909). 



