coEvus, 467 



Eggs of the Siberian Hooded Crow are indistinguishable froni 

 those of 0. comix. 



1. YeneseiR., Lat. 66i"'N.,2]stMay Seebohm Coll. 



(-ff. Seebohm), 

 4. Mai Amir, South Persia, 6500 ft., Col. A. C. Bailwavd [P.]. 



15th April (^R. B. Woosnam). 



Corvus capellanus, Sdater, 



Corone capellana, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 32 (1877) ; id.. Ibis, 



1886, p. 477. , 



Corvus capellanus, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 20 (1889); Sharpe, 



Rand-l. v. p. 597 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 358 (1910). 

 Corvus comix capellanus, Hartert, Viig. pal. Faun. i. p. 11 (1903) ; 



Jourdain, Egys Farop, Birds, i. p. 8 (1906). 



The eggs of the Persian Hooded Crow very closely resemble 

 those of 0. comix. They measure from 1-6 to 1'8 in length, and 

 from 1-1 to 1'15 in breadth. 



5. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Oimiming, Esq. [P. 



o. Fao, 26th Feb. W. 13. Gumming, Esq. [P. 



4. Fao, 27th March. W. D. Gumming, Esq. [P. 



Corvus corone, Linn. 

 (Plate XXI. fig. 8.) 



Corvus corone, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. tab. xl. fig. 1, a-g (1845-54) ; 

 Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 34. fig. 1 (1855-63) ; Hewitsnn, Eggs 

 of Brit. Birds, i. p. 222, pi. Iviii. fig. i (1856) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 221 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 531 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit. 

 Birds, i. p. 539, pi. 16 (1883) : id., Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 224, 

 pi. 55. figs. 10 & 12 (1896) ; Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. 

 p. 506 (1902) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 421 (1902) ; Bey, 

 Eier Vog. Mittekurop. i. p. 358 (1904), pi. 51. figs. 1-10 (1900) ; 

 Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 8, pi. 3. figs. 1-10 (1906) ; Dresser- 

 Eggs Birds Europ. pts. xiii. & xiv. p. 430, and pts. xi. & xii. pi. 4, 

 figs. 7-12 (1908) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 597 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 358 (1910). 



Corone corone, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 86 (1877). 



Corvus corone corone, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. l. p. 11 (1903). 



The eggs of the Carrion Crow are not separable by any character 

 from those of the C. comix. 



4. Lanarkshire, 19th April (/. Hark- W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 ness) l^-]- 



3. Castle Eden, Durham ( Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 ]. Castle Eden, April {H. B. Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 t7-am). 



4. Yorli, 16th April {F. Potter). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



7. Near York {Harc/itt Coll.). Seebohm Coll, 



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