crow. 37 



and somewhat indented ; the head, neck, upper parts, wings, and 

 tail pale cinereous grey ; breast, belly, thighs, and vent fine rufous ; 

 quills and tail dusky, edged outwardly with grey, the last of a 

 moderate length, even at the end, and the quills reach just beyond 

 the base; legs slender, black, claws crooked. 

 Native place unknown. — Gen. Davies. 



28— PACIFIC CROW. 



Corvus pacificus, Jnd. Orn. i. 157. Gm. Lin. i. 372. Daud. ii. 236, Shaw's Zool. 



vii. 354. 

 Pacific Crow, Gen. Syn. i. 383. 



LENGTH ten inches and a half. Bill bent at the end, with a 

 notch near the tip, and black; plumage cinereous, paler beneath, 

 Avith a tinge of reddish brown ; forehead and throat cinereous white • 

 among the feathers of the latter some slender hairs ; hind head and 

 nape dusky black : quills blackish, with dirty white tips ; tail black, 

 all but the two middle feathers tipped with white ; legs black* 



Inhabits the South Seas. — Place unknown. 



29 —TROPIC CROW. 



Corvus tropicus, Jnd. Orn. i. 157. Gm. Lin: i. 372. Daud. ii. 237. Shaw's Zool. 



vii. 355. 

 Tropic Crow, Gen. Syn. i. 384. Cook's Last Voy. iii. 119 ? 



LENGTH twelve inches and a half. Bill one inch and a quarter 

 long, rather broad at the base, and the tips of both mandibles notched ; 

 plumage glossy black, more dull beneath ; wings and tail black, 

 glossed with green, the last rounded ; vent and sides tipped with 

 dusky white ; legs black. 



From Owhyhee — one of the Sandwich Islands in the South Seas. 



