Babuyan Claro (McGregor); Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (Everett, McGregor); Bongao (Bartsch); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor); Caluya (Porter); Camiguin S. (Murray); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, [missing text] Everett); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Libagao (Porter); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Cuming, Meyer, Everett, Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Maestre de Campo (McGregor & Worcester); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (McGregor); Mindanao (Murray, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Palawan (Everett);[104] Panaon (Everett); Panay (Murray, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Polillo (McGregor); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Semirara (Worcester); Sibay (McGregor & Worcester); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor).
Adult.—Entirely black, the feathers white basally; feathers, of neck at least, more white than black; upper parts including greater part of wing glossed with purple; alula and primary-coverts glossed with dark green; two outer primaries without gloss; under parts with a slight bluish gloss. Length, about 500 mm. A male from Siquijor measures: Wing, 325; tail, 230; culmen from base, 65; bill from nostril, 47; tarsus, 52. A female from Bohol, wing, 300; tail, 220; culmen from base, 60; bill from nostril, 41; tarsus, 48.
Three eggs of the Philippine crow collected by Steere in Marinduque, May, 1888, are thus described: “Shape ovate. Ground-color pale sea-green, thickly mottled all over, especially towards the larger end, with olive-brown; under-markings faint gray. Measurements 43 mm. by 28 mm. The nest is a loosely constructed platform of fiber, mixed with a few rootlets, etc.” (Grant and Whitehead.)
“The Philippine crow is very common throughout the Islands, except in the Palawan group, where it is lacking. It picks into young coconuts, steals young pigeons, and even comes into the kitchens of the native houses to steal. As a natural consequence, the bird is thoroughly detested. Two males measure: Length, 546; wing, 314; tail, 210; culmen, 59; tarsus, 54; middle toe with claw, 52.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Genus CORVUS Linnæus, 1758.
First primary decidedly shorter than the outer secondaries, the latter longer than any of the interior ones; tail very slightly rounded and shorter than the longest secondary.
Species.
- a1. Larger; wing, about 250 mm.; tail, 140; bill longer and more slender. pusillus (p. [723])
- a2. Smaller; wing, about 220 mm.; tail, 120; bill shorter and stouter. samarensis (p. [724])