BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 809 



Xiiiilliiirii lii.niiisii 8ii.\iU'K, Cal. lUnl.M lirii. ^Iiis., iii, 1S77, V-VJ., part (Tfxasj. — 

 :\rKr{Kii.i., Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mns., i, 187K, 136 (Fori Brown, Texas; habits, 

 etc.). — Sknnett, Bull. V. S. (lool. and < Jeog. Surv., iv, 1X78, 29 (Browns- 

 ville an<l Hidalgo, Texas; habits, descr. nest and eggs, measurements, etc. ) ; 

 V, 1879, 400 (Lomita, Texas; habits, etc. )— Sclater, Ibis, 1879, §8, part 

 (crit. ). — RiiHiWAY, Nom. X. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 290. — SALviNaml Goom.vn, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 502, part (Rio Grande Valley; San Diego, 

 Xuevo Leon). 



[^Xanthoura] yncax var. huuofia CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 166. 



Xmiihoura yncas . . . var. luxuosa CotiES, Check List, 1873, no. 238. 



Xanthoura luTuosa var. luxuosa Ridgway, Am. Journ. Sci., iv, Dec, 1872, 456, 

 part. 



Xanihura yncas var. luxtumi Mekkill, Bull. Xutt. Orii. Club, i, Xov., 1876, 89 

 (near Hidalgo, Texas; descr. nest and eggs). 



Xdnthovra Incas, var. luximsa Baird, Brewer, and Ridcwav, Hist. X. Am. B.irds, 

 ii, 1874, 295, part. 



[^Cyanocorax'] Zm^twosms Sclater and Salvix, X'om. Av. Xeotr., 1873, 39, part. 



[Oynnocorax yncas.'] Yar. 8. luxuosa Dubois, Bull. Ac. Roy. Belg., 2"'" ser., 

 xxxviii, 1874, 493, part (Texas). 



Xanthura luxuriosa Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 358. 



Xlaxthura] luxuriosa Coues, Key X. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 424. 



Ci/anocorax yncas (not Corviis yncas Boddaert) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. X. Y., v, 

 1852, 115 (Texas). 



Xanthoura luxuosa glaucescevs Ridgway, Auk, xvii, Jan., 1900, 28 (Fort Brown, 

 Texas; coll. U. 8. Xat. Mus. ). — American Ornithologists' Union Commit- 

 tee, Auk, xviii, 1901, 302. —Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. V. S., 

 1902, 277. 



XANTHOURA LUXUOSA VIVIDA Ridgway. 

 TEHUANTEPEC GREEN JAY 



Similar to X^. I. luxuosa^ but larger (especiall}' the bill); uuder tail- 

 coverts pure yellow or but slightly tinged with green (instead of 

 wholl}' light green); coloration in general brighter; white of forehead 

 more extended and often tinged with yellow. 



AduJt male.— Length (skins), 275.5-207(289); wing, 118-131 (122); 

 tail, 182.5-153.5 (111.5); exposed culmen, 27-29 (28); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 10.5-13 (11.5); tarsus, 3t)-12.5 (39.5); middle toe. 2(>..-)-21: 

 (22.5).« 



Adult female. — Length (skins), 25B.5-285 (27(5.5); wing. 111—123 

 (119.5); tail, 122.5-113 (135); exposed cnlmen, 25.5-20.5 (26); depth 

 of bill at 1)ase, 10-12 (10.5); tarsus, 37-10 (38.5): middle toe, 20-21.3 

 (20.3).'' 



Southwestern Mexico, in States of Oaxaca (St. Etigenia; Cacoprieto; 

 Pluma; Santo Domingo), Guerrero?, Michoacan?, Chiapas ((Juichi- 

 covi)/' and northwestern (iuatemala (Nenton). 



"Ten specimens. 

 ''Five specimens. 



''Xo specimens have been examiiu*<l from the States of CJuerrcro and Midioacan, 

 but two examples from the Sierra Madn- of Colima (collected by Xantus), tiiuugh 



