298 



BULLETIN OF THE 



respect to Corvus americanus, hut it is far less marked than in Agelceus 

 phccniceus, Quiscalus purpureus, and Sturnella ludoviciana. The brilliancy 

 of its colors seems not much greater than in New England specimens. 



The difference in size between northern and southern specimens is as 

 follows : Average of eighteen Massachusetts specimens (eleven males and 

 seven females): Length, 11.71; alar extent, 1G.87 ; wing, 5.13; tail, 

 4.89. Average of eleven Florida specimens (proportion of males and 

 females nearly the same as in the previous case): Length, 10.98; alar 

 extent, 15.11; wing, 4.75; tail, 5.00. The maxima and minima of the 

 eleven males from Massachusetts are as follows : Length, 12.25 and 11.35 ; 

 alar extent, 17 50 and 16.30; wing, 5.50 and 5.00; tail, 5.65 and 4.25. 



Measuretnents of Specimens of Cyanura cristata. 



64.* Cyanocitta floridana Bonaparte. Florida Jay. 



Corvus Jloridanus Bartram, Travels, 291, 1791. — Audubon, Orn. Biog., I, 



444, pi. lxxxvii, 1831. 

 Garruhis Jloridanus Boxap., Am. Orn., II, 11, pi. ix, 1828. 

 Garrulus cceruiescens Okd, Journ. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., I, 347, 1818. 

 Garrulus californicus Vigors, Zool. Beechey's Voyage, 21, pi. v, 1839. 

 Cyanocitta floridana Bon ap., Consp Gen. Avium, 377, 1850. 

 Cyanocitta superciliosa Strickland, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., XV, 260, 1845. 

 Cyanocitta californica Strickland, Ibid., 342. 

 Cyanocitta Woodliousei Baird, Birds N. Am., 585, 1858. 



