Corvus samarensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890),
23; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 110.
Mindanao (Celestino); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester).
Adult.--In color the same as Corvus pusillus, but smaller in size;
bill somewhat shorter and deeper. A female from northern Mindanao
measures: Length, 340; wing, 220; tail, 120; culmen from base, 47.5;
bill from nostril, 34; depth of bill at nostril, 18; tarsus, 38.
"The Samar crow has the shy habits of C. pusillus, but its note
is entirely different. We heard its note for a long time without
suspecting that it was made by a crow. We occasionally found
C. pusillus about the open fields, but never met with C. samarensis
except on the sides of well-wooded hills. A male measures: Length,
355; wing, 252; tail, 116; culmen, 52; tarsus, 35; middle toe with
claw, 45. Three females average: Length, 338; wing, 215; tail, 118;
culmen, 48; tarsus, 46; middle toe with claw, 44. Iris dark brown:
legs, feet, nails, and bill black. Food fruit and insects." (Bourns
and Worcester MS.)