Avss. 393 



Family COEVID^. 



184. Corvus affinis, Eiipp. 



Neu. Wirb. p. 20, t. x. £ 2 ; Syst. Uebers. No. 239.— Tristram, 



Ibis, 1866, p. 72.— Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1868, p. 316. 

 Corax affinis, Brehm, Habesch, No. 79. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



This Crow Has been well described by Tristram (loc. cit.). 

 In the air it may immediately be recognised by its short tail 

 and long secondary quUls, and its croak is much deeper 

 than that of most Crows. It abounds everywhere on the 

 highlands and in the subtropical zone, and it descends 

 almost to the sea-level at times. When I first visited 

 Komayli, at the base of the hills, in January, the only 

 Crow to be seen was C. scapulatus, but in February, after 

 some rain had fallen, C. affinis abounded. In the former 

 instance I first met with this species at about 3,000 feet, 

 near Mayen. In May it had retreated once more to its 

 former range, and the white-breasted Crow alone was to 

 be seen in the tropical region. In ascending to the 

 Bogos country it first appeared on the Lebka at about 

 12,000 feet above the sea, at Aia, 



185. C. scapulatus, Daud. 



Daudin, Traits complet d'Om, ii. p. 232, — Lefebyie, p. 105.— 

 Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 238.— Heugl. Joum. f. Orn, p. 313. 



The distribution of this species is most remarkable. 

 It was common near the coast, and was always found in 

 smaller or larger numbers about Zulla, Komayli, &c., but 

 not further up the passes. In ascending the Lebka 

 valley, N.W. of Massowa, it only appeared as far as 

 about 3,000 feet above the sea, near Kelamet. Through- 



