RAVEN. 
p. 120, 1910 (N.S.W,); Cleland, i6., Vol. XI., p. 93, 1911 (N.S.W., Food); S. A. 
Wliite, t6., Vol. XIL, p. 4, 1912 (S.A.). 
CoT'tm rmriance Mathews, Emu, Vol. X., pt. 5, p. 326, April Ist, 1911 ; new name for 
Corviis australis Gould, i.e. Sharpe ; Gosford, New South Wales. 
(?) Cormts coroTwides perpkxus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 442, Jan, 31st, 1912 : 
Perth, South-west Australia; id,. List Birds Austr., p. 313, 1913; Belcher, Birds 
Geelong, p. 366, 1914; (?) S. A. Wliite, Emu, Vol. XIV., p. 191, 1916: Central 
Australia; id., ib., Vol. XVI., p. 161, 1916 (S.A.) ; id,, ib„ Vol. XVI., p. 76, 
1916 (S.A.). 
COTVUS marianm tmriance Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 443, Jan. 31st, 1912. 
CofTws variance mellori Mathews, ib. : Angas Plains, South Australia. 
Corms viariaTKB fudmaturinus Mathews, ib. : Kangaroo Island, South Australia. 
Corvus mariance tasmanicus Mathews, ib. : Tasmania. 
Corms cormoides corouoides Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 313, 1913. 
Corms coronoides tasmanicus Mathews, i6. p. 314. 
Distribution. Southern Australia; Coastal from Sydney, New South Wales, to (?) 
Perth, South-west Australia ; Tasmania. 
Adult. All the contour feathers with the bases smoky-grey. General colour of both 
the upper- and under-parts black, glossed with bluish-piu^le, brightest on the 
upper-surface and dullest on the belh^. The feathers on the throat lanceolate 
in shape. These feathers seem more pronounced in the so-called “ Raven ” (dark 
bases) than in the Crow, w^here the feathers are always pure white at the base. 
Bill and feet black, eyes hazel. Total length 672 mm. ; culmen 61, wing 362, tail 190, 
tarsus 72. Figured, Collected in Tasmania in 1876, and is the type of G. c. 
tasmanicus. 
The sexes are alike. 
Half grown. Head dull black, slightly glossed with purple ; back, rump and upper 
tail-coverts smoky-black, each feather widely edged with pmple-blue; tail 
unifonu purplish-blue; primaries black, with the outer web dull metallic-blue; 
secondaries black, strongly glossed with purple ; entire under-surface dull smoky- 
black Collected at Tarcoon, near Brewarina, New South Wales. 
hnrmture female just out of 7iesL Top of the head and back of the neck dull smoky- 
black; mantle and back smoke-grey, widely tipped with glossy purplish-blue, 
producing a spangled appearance; tail-feathers glossy purplish-blue; primaries 
and secondaries black, strongly glossed on the outer web with purplish-blue, and 
on the inner web slightly glossed with purplish-blue ; entire under-surface dull 
smoky-black. Eyes dull blue, feet black with wliite lines along toe nails, legs 
black with wliite joints, upper mandible black with white tip, lower white with 
black tip. Collected on Warunda Creek, Eyres Peninsula, South Australia, on 
the 28th of August, 1911. 
AH these birds have darkish bases to the feathers. 
Eggs. Foui' to five eggs form the clutch, and sometimes six. A clutch of five eggs taken 
at Ellerston, Upper Hunter River district. New South Wales, on the 12th of 
August, 1909, is a pale green ground-colour, spotted, speckled and blotched with 
blackish-brown and light umber, the markings being larger and more plentiful 
at the larger end of each egg. Ovals in shape. Surface of shell close-grained, 
smooth and slightly glossy. 46-47 by 32 mm. 
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