300 BULLETIN 50, TTNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



r'slilvrhinn.i'] iiiorio Cabanis, Mas. Heiii., i, ISol, 22<i, cxol. syii. ]>art (Jalapa, 

 Vera Cruz). 



PsilorJiSnus morio Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 300 (Cordova, Vera 

 Cruz) ; 1859, 365 (Jalapa); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 145, part (in synonymy).— 

 Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 592 (Boquilla, San Diego, and 

 C'hina, Nuevo Leon); ed. 1860 (Birds N. Am.), atlas, pi. 68, figs. 1, 2; Rep. 

 U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 21 (Boquilla, etc., Nuevo Leon); 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 444.^Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zopl. Soc. 

 Lond., 1869, 363 (City of Mexico; Atlantic tierra caliente). — Sumichrast, 

 Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 554 (hot and temperate regions. Vera Cruz, 

 up to 9,000 ft). — CouEs, Check List, 1873, no. 232. — Baird, Brewer, and 

 RiDGWAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 304, part, pi. 42, fig. 2 (Cordova and 

 Mirador, A'eraCruz; Boquilla, etc., Nuevo Leon). — Boccard, Catalog. Avium, 



1876, 280, no. 8765 (Mexico; " Texas").— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., iii, 



1877, 139, excl. syn. part (Orizal)a). — Ferrari-Perez, Proc. F. S. Nat. Mus., 

 ix, 1886, 153 (Jalapa and Plan del Rio, Vera Cruz). — Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 505.— Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1891, 

 442 (Mexico).— Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 1896, 630 (Alta 

 Mira, Tamaulipas) .—Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 31 (Jalapa). 



Psilorhinus mexicanns, part, Ruppell, Mus. Senckenb., 1837, 189 (supposed young 

 from Tamaulipas). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 

 506, part (localities Tamaulipas, and Boquilla and China, Nuevo Leon).« 



PSILORHINUS MORIO FULIGINOSUS (Lesson). 

 SOOTY JAY. 



Similar t(^ P. in. morio, but darker, especially the under part.s, which 

 from the breast backward are deep sooty oray or j^ra^ ish brown, 

 instead of whitish or pale brownish gray. 



Adult ///a/t^— Length (skins), 380-420 (386.4); wing, 190-217 (200); 

 tail, 190-224 (203); bill from nostril, 27-30 (28.3); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 16-17.5 (16.8); tarsus, 49-55 (51.8); middle toe, 31.5-35 

 (33.1).* 



Adult female.— \j^n^\h (skins), 380; wing, 190-198 (194); tail (one 

 specimen), 193; bill from nostril, 25-27 (26); depth of bill (one speci- 

 men), 16; tarsus, 49-49.5 (49.2); middle toe, 29-32 (30.5).'' 



Southeastern Mexico, in humid districts of San Luis Potosi, 

 Hidalgo?, Vera Cruz (Pasa Nueva; Buena Vista), Chiapas ((ruichicovi), 

 and Tabasco (Montecristo). 



Pica faligliiosa Lesson, Traite d'Orn., i, 1831, 333, part (descr. supposed adult; 

 Mexico). — PucHERAN, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1853, 550 (crit. ). — Hartlaub, 

 Journ. fiirOrn., 1855, 424 (crit.). 



(f) PsUorliiims morio (not Pica viovio Wagler?) Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Ivond., 1869, 363, part (Atlantic tierra caliente?). — Sumichrast, Mem. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 554, part (hot region of Vera Cruz). — Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., iii, 1875, 139, part. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. 'Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, i, 1887, 505, part. 



"These specimens are in the collection of the U. S. National Museum, and are 

 true P. morio. 



^ Seven specimens, from Pasa Nueva, southern Vera Cruz. 

 '"Two specimens, from Buena Vista, southern Vera Cruz. 



