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CATALOGUE. 
a. England. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 
h. c. ? . Mesopotamia. From Commander Jones. 
d. e. Pushut. From Griffith's Collection. 
" Found in large flocks at Candahar during winter, searching for 
food in the ploughed fields. They arrive in February, which is there 
the coldest month, and depart in March." — (Captain Hutton.) 
839. CORVUS PASTINATOR, Gould. 
Corvus pastinator, Gould, P. Z. S. (1845), p. 1. BlytJi, 
J. A. S. Beng. XY.^. 25. G. R. Gray, Gen, ofB. 
II. p. 315. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 384. 
Corvus frugilegus, apud ScTilegel, Fauna Japon. p. 80. 
a. Japan. Presented by John Gould, Esq., 1856. 
" Corvus pastinator is closely allied to the Eook of Europe, but 
differs from it in the hue of the plumage, which is of a beautiful 
purple, or plum-colour, where the European bird is green ; the bill 
is also straighter, and the face much less denuded, the fleshy base of 
the nostrils being the only part destitute of feathers ; the feet and 
claws are also larger." 
The Japanese ' Eook ' is identical with the Chinese bird named 
as above by Mr. Gould, and with whose typical specimen it has been 
carefuUy compared. 
840. CORVUS TENUIROSTRIS, Moore. 
a. Bombay. From Major Kittoe's Collection. 
C. tenuirostris, n. sp. — Plumage above glossy purply-black, palest 
on the head, neck, back, and body beneath, and these having an 
ashy cast ; forehead jet-black, and contrasting with the ashy cast of 
plumage of the crown. 
Length 18 in., of wing 12^ in., tail 7 in., bill to frontal plumes 
2\ in., to gape 2 in. ; height from chin to forehead ^ in., and 
tarsus 2i in. 
841. CORVUS ENCA, Horsfield Sp. 
Fregilus Enca, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 164 
(1821). Latham, Hist. ofB. III. p. 13. 
Corvus Enca, Vigors, Mem. Baffles, p. 665. Bonap., G. 
G. Av. p. 385. Gdbanis, Catal. B. Mus. Heine, 
p. 231. 
? Corvus Enca, Wagler, Syst. Av. sp. 11. 
