IHRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 291) 



<■. Larj,'cr ( wiiij:; avfrayiiig Ul-^, tail lit'i.Ti); l)ill umcli larger ( len.uth from iios-tril 

 averaging 27..'), depth at nostrils 15.5); white tips to retricefi smaller (that 

 on inner web of outermost averaging ;>2); under parts less purely white. 



(Guatemala to Costa Rica. ) Fsilorhinns mexicanus cyanogenys (p. 301 ) 



vv. Smaller (wing averaging 187, tail 190) ; bill nuu-h smaller (length from nostril 

 averaging 24, depth at nostrils 14.5); white tip to rectriees larger (that on 

 inner web of outermost averaging 44.5); under parts more purely white. 

 (Yucatan. ) Psilorhinus mexicanus vociferus ( p. 303) 



PSILORHINUS MORIO MORIO i Wagler) . 

 BROWN JAY. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Head and neck plain dark sooty brown, fading 

 oTudually into uniform o-rayish brown or sepia on back, scapulars, 

 run)}), and upper tail-coverts; wings and tail plain deep olive-o-rayisli, 

 appearing more bluish or glaucous in certain lights; dark sooty color 

 of throat fading on chest into light grayish brown or drab, this into 

 very pale brownish gra}^ or dull grayish white on remaining under 

 parts; bill wholly black, wholly yellow, or partly of both colors; iris 

 brown?; legs and feet yellow or black or partly of both colors. 



Yonmi. — Not essentially, if at all, different in coloration from 

 adults. 



Adult w«/6'.— Length (skins), 397.5-442 (421); wing, 201.9-215.9 

 (208.5); tail, 210.8-226.1 (218.2): bill from nostril, 2«;.2-31.7 (28.4); 

 depth of bill at nostrils, 15.5-16.5 (16); tarsus, 47.5-52.1 (50); middle 

 toe, 30.5-34.3 (32.3).^' 



Adidt female.— IjQngth. (skins), 393.5-426.5 (414); wing, 198-206 

 (202); tail, 200.5-214.5 (209); bill from nostril, 25.5-28 (26.5); depth 

 of bill at nostrils, 15-15.5 (15.5); tarsus, 49.5-51.5 (.50..5): middle toe, 

 30-33 (31).'' 



Northeastern Mexico, in States of Nuevo Leon (Boquillo; China; 

 Monterey), Tamaulipas (Montomorelos; Alta Mira).and in arid districts 

 of San Luis Potosi. Hidalgo, and Vera Cruz. 



P\^ica'\ morio Wagler, Isis, 1829, 751, part'- (Mexico; ex Conns niorio Lichten- 



stein, manuscript). 

 Pica niorio Wagler, Isis, 1831, 527. — Schlegel, INIus. Pays-Basi, Coraces, 1867, 



44, part (Mexico). 

 Corrus morio Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1831, I; .lourn. I'iir Oni. 1863, 



56 (reprint). — Evdoux and Gervais, Voy. "Favorite," v, Zool., 1839, 54 



( ' ' San Francisco, California " ) . 

 Psilorhinus morio Gray, List Gen. Birds, 1841, 51. 

 P[silorhinus'] morio Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1849, 308. — Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 



2d ed., 1884, 419.— Ridgway, :Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 352, part.— Stone. 



*Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1891, 94, 95, 96, part (crit.). 

 [Psilorli inns'] morio Boxaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 381. — Gkav, Hand-list, ii, 



1870, 6, no. 6127.— Coi'Es, Key N. Am. Birds. 1872, lt)4.— Si i.atku and 



Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr. 1873, 40, part. 



"Seven specimens. ''Four specimens. ^ Based on young. 



