. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 12. JIACROCORAX. 51 Adult male. General colour above brownisli black, rather greyer on the head aud neck, and glossed with purple on the back, the wings aud tail being purplish bhick, the latter ashy brown at the tip ; primary-coverts also washed with grey; entire under surface of body ashy brown, the lower abdomen and imder tail-coverts somewhat mixed with white; " bare skin of face whitish ; bill whitish, washed with reddish ; iris sky-bhie" (Bernstein). Total length 21-5 inches, culmen 2-7, wing I'S, tail 103, tarsus 2. Adult female.
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 12. JIACROCORAX. 51 Adult male. General colour above brownisli black, rather greyer on the head aud neck, and glossed with purple on the back, the wings aud tail being purplish bhick, the latter ashy brown at the tip ; primary-coverts also washed with grey; entire under surface of body ashy brown, the lower abdomen and imder tail-coverts somewhat mixed with white; " bare skin of face whitish ; bill whitish, washed with reddish ; iris sky-bhie" (Bernstein). Total length 21-5 inches, culmen 2-7, wing I'S, tail 103, tarsus 2. Adult female. Similar to the male, but rather larger. Total length 23 inches, culmen 2-9, wing 13-4, tail 10-5, tarsus 2-3. Young female. General colour pale brown, inclining to yellowish brown on the head and neck; throat whity brown; rest of under surface drab-brown; quills and tail rather darker than the back: biU yellow; feet deep yellow, claws light horn-colour ; eye bluish. Total length 23 inches, culmen 2-S, wing 13-2, tail 9-S, tarsus 2-3. Hah. Xew Guinea and Salwati. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C. Mr. Hoedt [C.]. a. b. c. 5 juv. sk. Ad. sk. 2 ad. sk. Dorey. Dorey. Dorev. d. e. cJ juv. sk. S ad. sk. Dorev. Salwati 12. Head of Macrocorax fuscicajpiUus. Mange. Confined to the Aru Islands, Waigiou, and Ghemien. 1. Macrocorax fuscicapillus. Oorvus senex, Schl. Bijdr. Dierk. 4to, Amsterd. p. 10, pi. 3 (nee Corvus orru, Grm/, Cat. Mamm. Si'C. N. Guin. p. 35 (wee Midi.). Oorvus fuscicapillus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 95 ; Schl. Mus. Coraces, p. 22. Gymnocorvus fuscicapillus, Graij, Hand-l B. ii. p. 14. Adult mule (type of species). General colour above purplish black, inclining to finer and more bluish purple on the wings and tail, the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations
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