INSESSORES. 119 



6. CORYUS HAWAIIENSIS, PeaU. 



Corvus haivaiiensis, Peale, Zool. Exp. Exp. Vincennes, Birds, p. 106 (1st ed. 1848). 



Atlas, Ornithology, Plate VI. 



Totus faUginosus cinereo tinctus, rostro et tarsis nigris. Long. tot. 181 

 2JoUices. 



Form. — About tlie size of or slightly larger than Corvus americanus 

 or Corvus corone. Bill large, thick, rather short ; wing rather long, 

 fourth quill longest ; tail moderate, rounded. 



Dimensions. — Totallength. Male? (of skin), eighteen and three- 

 quarter inches ; wing, twelve inches ; tail, eight inches ; bill, two and 

 one-fourth inches ; tarsus, two and a half inches. Female ? Total 

 length, seventeen and a half inches. 



Colors. — Entire plumage, fuliginous brown, with a slight tinge of 

 cinereous. Quills, light reddish-brown, with their shafts white on 

 their under surfaces ; all the plumage dark cinereous at the bases of 

 the feathers. Bill and legs black, the former lighter at the tip, 



Hab.— Hawaii, Sandwich Islands, Specimen in Mus. Acad. Phila- 

 delphia. 



Of this remarkable Corvus, there are no specimens in the collection 

 of the Expedition, but the description by Mr. Peale was drawn from 

 two specimens now in the collection of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, to which they were presented by the late 

 John K. Townsend, M. D., a distinguished naturalist and traveller, 

 who received them from the Rev. Mr. Forbes, then attached to a mis- 

 sionary station at Karakakua Bay. 



This species appears to have been hitherto unknown as an inhabi- 

 tant of the Sandwich Islands, and in all probability, has not been 

 noticed by naturalists previous to its being described by Mr. Peale. 

 We consider it possible, however, that this bird may be the Corvus 



