472 COEVID^. 



Corvus hesperis, Ridgw. 



(Plate XXI. figs. 1 & 3.) 



Corvus (americaniis var.) caurinus, Cooper {nee Baird) P. Cal. Acad. Sci. 



Corvus americanus, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Am^. Birds, ii. p. 405 (189o) 



[part.] ; Cooke, Birds Colm-ado, p. 92 (1897). 

 Corvus americanus hesperis, Ridyw. Birds North 8f Middle Amer. m. 



p. 270 (1904). 

 Corvus bracliyrhynchos hespei'is, Ridgw. t. c. p. 746 (1904). 

 Corvus hesperis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 598 (1909). 



Four eggs of the "Western Crow resemble those of C. brachy- 

 rjiynchus. 



4 San Diego, California, Ist May W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 (.2). P. Williams). [P.]. 



Genus CORVULTUE, Lesson. 

 Corvultur albicoUis {Lath.). 



Corvultur alhicollis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. xxxix. fig. 4, a, b 

 (1845-54); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 24 (J877); Sharpe, 

 ed. Layard, Birds S. Afr. p. 417 (1875-84j ; Stark, Fauna S. Afr., 

 Birds, i. p. 10 (1900) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 640 (1903) ; Shelley, 

 Birds Afr. v. p. 134 (1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 599 (1909) ; 

 Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 859 (19i0). 



An egg of the White-necked Raven is much like those of 

 C. corax. It is of a rather broad oval shape slightly constricted 

 towards the smaller end, and without gloss. The ground is pale 

 greenish-white, spotted all over and blotched about the broad end 

 with two shades of umber-brown. It measures 2-02 by l-4:5. 



1. Poudoland, S. Africa. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus COLCEUS, Kaup. 

 Coloeus monedula {Linn.). 



Corvus monedula, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xl. fig. 4, a-d 



(1845-54); Baedeker, Mer Eur. Vog. tab. 28. fig. 4 (1855-63); 



Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 282, pi. Ix. fig. ii (1856) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iv. p. 523 (1875) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. 



p. 556, pi. 16 (1883) ; id.. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 226, pi. 55. tig. 8 



(1896) ; Neivton, Ootheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 499 (1902) ; Bressn; 



Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 419 (1902) ; id.. Eggs Birds Euroji. pts. xiii. 



& xiv. p. 429, pts. xi. & xii. pi. 2. figs. 1-2 (1908). 

 Monedula turrium, Loc/ie, Expl. Sci. Alg&r., Ois. i. p. 114 (1867). 

 Coloeus monedula, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 26 (1877) ; id., Hand-l. 



v. p. 599 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 859 (1910). 

 Coloeus monedula monedula, Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. i. p. 15 (1903) ; 



Jmrd. Eggs Europ. Birds, i. p. 16 (1906). 

 Coloeus monedula spermolopus, Hartert, t. c. p. 16 (1903) ; Jmird. t. c. 



p. 14, pi. V. figs. 7-14 (1906). 



