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Birds of Celebes; Corvidae. 
Sex. The sexes are similar, but the hill of the female is perhaps smaller (W. Bias. 11). 
ments. 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
Bill i'roiii 
nostril 
a. (Nr. 4617) Java 
288 
145 
50 
38.5 
h. (Nr. 4616) Java (v. Schierbr.) 
272 
140 
47 
36.5 
c. (C 13228) cf, Maros Waterfall, S.Cel., 22.n. 78 (Platen) 
279 
145 
54 
39 
d. Sarasin Coll.) cf ad., Kema, N. Celebes, 11. 9 ( . . 
288 
142 
52 
39 
e. (C 2029) Manado, IH. 71 (Meyer) 
286 
135 
45 
— 
f. (0 2031) Manado, IH. 71 (Meyer) 
284 
130 
47 
35 
g. (C 826) Manado, HI. 71 (Meyer) 
280 
142 
48 
35.5 
h. (C 2028) juv. ? Manado, HI. 71 (Meyei'y 
263 
128 
46 
33 
i. (C 2030) Manado, IH. 71 (Meyer) 
281 
147 
50 
37 
j. (C 5209) Manado (v. Mussclienbr.) 
280 
135 
50 
39 
k. (C 5208) Manado (v. Mussclienbr.) 
265 
132 
45 
36 
1. (0 12151) Manado tua Id., 14. IV. 93 (Nat. Coll.; . 
308 
144 
52.5 
40 
m.[Q) 12152) Manado tua Id., 17. IV. 93 (Nat. Coll.) 
284 
135 
51 
39 
n. '0 T2149) Mantehage Id., 22. IV. 93 (Nat. Coll.) . . 
302 
149 
47 
39 
0 . (C 12148) Mantehage Id., 23. IV. 93 (Nat. Coll.) . . 
297 
145 
50 
37 
•p. (0 12153) iram. ? Banka Id., 20. V. 93 (Nat. Coll.) . 
284 
145 
48 
35 
q. (0 12150) Banka Id., 19. V. 93 (Nat. Coll.) .... 
280 
136 
47.5 
38 
Eggs. These have not yet been recorded from Celebes. Brom Java, Bernstein (J. f. O. 
1859, 277) describes them as 4 in number, greenish blue with ohve-brown and grey 
spots and points, mostly small, large and numerous only at the large end, but never 
so large and numerous as in C. macrorhynchm. Resembling those of the Rook, 
occasionally those of the Jackdaw. Size 34 — 40 X 27 — 29 mm. 
Nest. In the top of a liigh, thick-leaved tree; made of dry twigs, roots and coarse stalks; 
lined, hke that of C. mncrorhynchit-^, with stalks, small roots, elastic fibres of the 
Areng palm (Bernstein 1. c.). 
Distribution. Celebes and Sula: — Lembeh, Banka, Mantehage and Manado tua (Nat. Coll.), 
Tahssi Id. (Hickson 75), Minahassa (Rosenb. 7, Wallace c 7, etc.), Gorontalo Distr. 
(Rosenb. 7), Buol (P.&F. Sarasin), Togian (Meyer 8), E. Celebes (Nat. Coll.), 
Kandari, S. E. Celebes (Beccari 4), S. Peninsula (Bernstein 7, Wallace c 7, etc.) ; 
Sula Islands (Allen a 1, Bernstein and Hoedt 7). 
Two specimens of the typical Corvus enca from Java differ from Celebesian birds 
in having the bill horn-colour towards the tip; in colour there is little enough 
to choose between them and a South Celebes specimen, but the latter has a 
longer tarsus. The South Celebes bird and the Javan ones ar^ slightly more 
bronzy above and have a slight brownish tinge below, not noticeable in the 
North Celebes race. The specimens from the islands immediately off the 
north coast seem to run larger in size (wing) than those of the mainland, thus 
following a rule we have noticed in many other birds (though, generally, from 
islands rather further off). No Crow has as yet been recorded from Sangi and 
Talaut. 
This Crow is a common bird in Celebes. Mr. Wallace (Mai. Archip. 1869, I, 
337) speaks of thousands of Crows haunting the plantations near Macassar; 
Meyer remarked that it was common everywhere in Celebes at all seasons; 
