. Birds. Birds. COBTUS. 17 the Tenesay river to the Pacific, but it is also found in greater or less abundance southwards in Turkestan and Kashmir, extend- ing into Europe as far as England. Habits, Sfc. The Carrion-Crow, like the Eaven, is found in the wildest parts of the countries it inhabits. It is generally solitary and but seldom seen in flocks. Brooks found the nest in Kashmir, at Sonamurg, on the 30th May, but he gives no particulars of the occurrence. The eggs, which are pale green, spotted and otherwise marked with greenish or olive-brown and pale sepia, measure 1"67 by 1-16. 4.
. Birds. Birds. COBTUS. 17 the Tenesay river to the Pacific, but it is also found in greater or less abundance southwards in Turkestan and Kashmir, extend- ing into Europe as far as England. Habits, Sfc. The Carrion-Crow, like the Eaven, is found in the wildest parts of the countries it inhabits. It is generally solitary and but seldom seen in flocks. Brooks found the nest in Kashmir, at Sonamurg, on the 30th May, but he gives no particulars of the occurrence. The eggs, which are pale green, spotted and otherwise marked with greenish or olive-brown and pale sepia, measure 1"67 by 1-16. 4. Corvus macrorhynclitis. The Jungle-Grow. Corvus macrorhynchus, Wagler, Syst. Av., Corvus, sp. 3 (1827) ; Hume, S. F. v, p. 461; Hume, Cat. no. 660; Oates, B. B. i, p. 397; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 250; Oates in Hwme's N. Sf E. 2nd ed. i, p. 4. Corvus levaiUantii, Less. TraiU, p. 328 (1831) ; Hume, N. ^ E. p. 411; id. S. F. ii, p. 243; Anders. Yunnan Exped. Aves, p. 589. Corvus culminatus, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 96; Horsf. 8f M. Cat. ii, p. 553; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 295; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iii, p. 20. Corvus intermedins, Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 171; Jerd. B. I. ii, ; Hume^Henders. Lah. to Yarh.^. 237; Hume, Cat. Corvus tenuirostris, Moore, apud Jerd. B. 1. ii, p. 297. Corvus andamanensis, Tytler, Beavan, Ibis, 1866, p. 420. Corone maerorhyncha ( Wagl.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iii, p. 38; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 346. Corone levaillanti (Less.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iii, p. 39. Corvus enca, Horsf, apud Hume, Cat. no. 662. The Indian Corby, the Black HiXl-Crom, the Slender-biUed Oroiv, Jerd.; Dhar or Dhal kowa, Hind, in the North; Dheri-kowa, Hind, in the South; Karrial, Hind.; Bad-kag, Bang.; Kaki, Tel.; Kaka, Tarn.; Ulahrpho, Lepch.; Ulak, Bhiit.; Goyegamma-Eaka, Fig. 4.—Head of C. macrorhynchus. Coloration. Upper plumage glossy black except the hind neck and sides of neck, which are almost glossless, and of which the feathers are disintegrated and silky, not of the
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