[54] _C. jamaicensis_, GM. S. N. I, 367.—GOSSE, B. Jam. 209.—SCL. Catal. Am. B. 1860, 146.—BONAP. Consp. 385.—SALLÉ, P. Z. S. 1857, 232.—MARCH, P. A. N. S. 1863, 300.—BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. 1866, XI, 94. _Hab._ Jamaica and Santo Domingo. The _C. minutus_ of Cuba we have not seen; it seems, however, to be rather nearly related to _C. ossifragus_, and possesses more lengthened nasal plumes than the three West Indian species diagnosed above. Its synonomy is as follows:— _Corvus minutus_, GUNDL. Cab. J. 1856, 20, p. 97.—IB. Rev. y Catal. de las Aves de Cuba. _Hab._ Cuba. Corvus corax, var. carnivorus, BARTRAM. AMERICAN RAVEN. _Corvus carnivorus_, BARTRAM, Travels in E. Florida, 1793, 290.—BAIRD, Birds N. Am. 1858, 560, pl. xxi.—COOPER & SUCKLEY, 210, pl. xxi.—COUES, P. A. N. S. 1866, 225.—LORD, Pr. R. A. Inst. IV, 1864, 121 (British Columbia).—DALL & BANNISTER, Tr. Ch. Ac. I, 1869, 285 (Alaska).—COOPER, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 282.—SAMUELS, 355. _Corvus corax_, WILSON, Am. Orn. IX, 1825, 136, pl. lxxv. f. 3.—BONAP. Obs. Wils. 1825, No. 36.—IB. Syn. 1828, 56.—DOUGHTY, Cab. N. H. I, 1830, 270, pl. xxiv.—RICH. F. B. Am. II, 1831, 290.—NUTTALL, Man. I, 1832, 202.—AUD. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 476, pl. ci.—IB. Syn. 1839, 150.—IB. Birds Am. IV. 1842, 78, pl. ccxxiv.—HEERM. X, _S_, 54.—FINSCH, Abh. Nat. III, 1872, 40 (Alaska). _Corvus cacalotl_, “WAGLER,” ? BONAP. Pr. Zoöl. Soc. 1837, 115 (perhaps true _cacalotl_).—IB. List, 1838 (probably not of Wagler).—IB. Conspectus, 1850, 387.—MAXIMILIAN, Reise innere Nord Amer. II, 1841, 289 (does not consider it different from European).—NEWBERRY, P. R. R. Rep. VI, IV, 1857, 82. _Corvus lugubris_, AGASSIZ, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. II, Dec. 1846, 188.—IB. Caban. J. VI, 1858, 195.—BAIRD, Birds N. Am. 1858, 563, pl. xx.—KENNERLY, P. R. R. X. b. pl. xxii. _Corvus_, var. _littoralis_, “HOLBÖLL, Kroger Tidsk. IV, 1843, 390.”—SCHLEGEL, note on _Corvus_. SP. CHAR. Fourth quill longest; third and fifth about equal; second between fifth and sixth; first nearly equal to the eighth. Length, about 24.00 or 25.00; extent, 50.00 to 51.00; wing, about 17.00; tail, 10.00. Tail moderately graduated; the outer feather about 1.60 to 2.40 inches less than the middle. Entirely glossy black, with burnished violet reflections. HAB. Entire continent of North America. Rare east of the Mississippi. South to Guatemala. [Illustration: _Corvus carnivorus._]