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The greater part of Mexico; north to Sonora (Alamos; Camoa; 

 Altata) and Tamaulipas (Linares; Alta Mira), south to San Luis 

 Potosi (Valles) and Territory of Tepic (San Bias; Acaponeta; Navar- 

 rete) and Colima (Manzanilla). 



[Conms] mexicanus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 375 (based on Mexican Grow 

 Latham, Gen. Synop. Birds, i, 396). — Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 164. — 

 Qeay, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 13, no. 6219. 



Conms mexicanus Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1830, 1; Journ. fiir Orn., 

 1863, 56 (reprint). — Sohlegel, Bijdr. Dierk. Amsterd., ii, 1859, 11, pi. 1, 

 fig. 25; Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, 1867, 25. — Baied, Beeweb, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, pi. 37, fig. 11.— Laweence, Mem. Bost. Soc. 

 ISr. H., ii, 1874, 283 (Mazatlan; Colima; habits). — SALViNand Godman, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 488.— Jouy, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 782 

 (Tampico, Tamaulipas). — Eichmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 1896,630 

 (Alta Mira, Tamaulipas). — Nelson, N. Am. Fauna, no. 14, 1898, 50 (Tres 

 Marias Islands; straggler). — Lantz, Trans. Kans. Ac. Sci. for 1896-97 (1899), 

 222 (Altata, Sinaloa). 



C[^ormi.s'] mexicanus Baied, Beeweb, and Eidgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 

 233.— EiDGWAY, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 363. 



Corone mexicana Shaepb, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., iii, 1877, 36. 



CORVUS PALMARUM Wurttemberg. 

 PALM CROW. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Entirely black, strongly glossed with violet 

 on upper parts, the under parts faintly glossed with the same; edges 

 of alulae, primary coverts, and primaries glossed with violet-bluish; 

 bill, legs, and feet black; iris brown? 



Admit female. — Length(skin), 368.5; wing, 260.5; tail, 149.5; exposed 

 culmen, 51; depth of bill at nostrils, 16; tarsus, 51.5; middle toe, 29.5. 



Island of Haiti, Greater Antilles. 



Corvus palmarum Paul von Wuettembeeg, Erste Eeise Nordlich. Amerika, 1835, 

 68, footnote (Cibao Mts., Santo Domingo). 



Corvus solitarius Paul von WiJBTTEMBEEG, Naumannia, ii, Zweites heft, 1852, 55 

 (Loma de San Juan, "Haiti," i. e., Santo Domingo?). — Bonapaete, Compt. 

 Eend., xxxvii, 1853, 829.— Schlegel, Bijdr. Dierk. Amsterd., ii, 1859, pi. 1, 

 fig. 17; Mus. Pays.-Bas, Coraces, 1867, 24 (Santo Domingo).— Cory, Birds 

 Haiti and San Dom., 1885, 75 (Gantier, Haiti); Auk., iii, 1886, 229; Birds 

 W. I., 1889, 116; Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 14, 110, 131, 146 (Haiti; Santo 

 Domingo).— Cheeeie, Field Col. Mus., Pub. 10, Orn. Ser. i, no. 1, 1896, 17 

 (Maniel, Santo Domingo; notes). 



[Conms'] solitarius Geay, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 13, no. 6216 (Haiti).— Coey, List 

 Birds West Ind., 1885, 14. 



Microcorax solitarius Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., iii, 1877, 49 (Santo Domingo). 



Corvus jamaicensis (not of Gmelin) Sall6, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1857, 232 

 (Santo Domingo).— Beyakt, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xi, 1886, 94 (Santo 

 Domingo) . 



CORVUS MINUTUS Gundlach. 

 LESSEU CTTSAIf CROW, 



Adults {sexes alike). — Similar in coloration to O. am^ricanus, but 

 very much smaller; first primary shorter than secondaries, nasal plumes 



