COETUS. 



463 



where it is spotted with umher-brown and lilac-grey. They 

 measure respectively: I'o by 1-1; ]-59 by 1-11; 1'62 by 1-14; 

 1-66 by 1-12; 1-68 by 1-13. 



2. Philippine Is., May (-B. i.ilfose%). Crowley Bequest. 



3. Marinduque, Philippine la. Steere Coll. 



Corvus pusillus, Tweedd. 

 (Plate XXI. fig. 2.) 



Corvus pusillus, Tiueedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 622 ; Ogikie-Orant ^ White- 

 head, Ibis, 1898, p. 234, pi. vi. fig. 5 ; McGregor, Man. Philipp. B. 

 ii. p. 723 (1909) ; Sharpe, Hand I. v. p. 595 (1909). 



An egg of the Small Philippine Crow is of an ovate shape, 

 slightly rounded at the smaller end. The ground is greenish- 

 white, minutely spotted and marked all over the surface with 

 umber-brown, yellowish-brown, and pale lavender. It measures 

 1-48 by 1-03. 



The specimen here described was taken by Steere from the 

 oviduct of a female example of C. pusillus. 



1. Mindoro, Philippine Ts., June. 



J. B. Steere, Esq. [C.]. 



Corvus torquatus, Linn. 



Corvus torquatus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1867, p. 411 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 iii. p. 21 (1877) ; La louche, Ibis, 1892, p. 430 ; iSharpe, Hand-l. v. 

 p. 596 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 358 (1910). 



Most of the eggs of the Chinese Parson-Crow are inseparable 

 from those of G. corax, and display great variety in colour and 

 markings ; but certain types, with the pale green ground-colour 

 almost or entirely obscured by the confluent dark olive-brown 

 markings, resemble those of G. comix described below. They vary 

 in size from 1-52 to 1-89 in length, and from 1-06 to 1-25 in 

 breadth. 



2. Amoy, China {R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Foochow, China, Jan. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



4. Foochow, 26th Jan. 0. B. Eickett, Esq. [P. 



3. Foochow, 8th Feb. C. B. Riokett, Esq. [P. 



5. Foochow, 21st Feb. C. B. Rickett, Ksq. [P. 

 3. Foochow, 2.3rd Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. "P. 

 3. Foochow, 24th Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



3. Foochow, 28th Feb. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



4. Foochow, 5th March. C. B. Rickett, Esq. ("P. 

 3. Foochow, 11th March, C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P. 



2. Foochow, 11th March. C. B. Rickett, Esq. I P. 

 2 Foochow, 28tli March, C. B, Rickett, Esq. [P. 



