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187-193,5 (11)1); tail, 284.5-384 (3U6. 5); exposed culmeu, 30.5-33 (31); 

 depth of bill at nostms, 12.5-15 (11.5); tarsus, 42-16 (14.5); middle 

 toe, 28-30 (29.5)." 



Achilf female. — Similar to adult male, but somewhat smaller and 

 with the crown and occiput more or less blue (sometimes entirel}^ blue 

 except along- lateral edges); length (skins), 482.5-514.5 (490.5); wing, 

 178-193.5 (183); tail, 267-314 (287.5); exposed culmen, 29-34 (30.5); 

 depth of bill at nostrils, 12.5-14 (13.5); tarsus, 39-45.5 (42. .5): middle 

 toe, 28.5-30 (29.5)* 



Southwestern Mexico, from the States of ( olima and rue])lji to 

 Oaxaca. 



I'lca Jofitiuxii tSwAiNsox, I'liilos. Mag., new f^er., i, 1S27, 4.')7 (Teniascalteper, 



Mexico ) . 

 [Cyamtri/.s] _/'o;7//o.s'«s 8\vainson, Fauna Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 495, in text. 

 CalociUa foniiosa Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 381 (Oaxaca; crit.). — 



Lawrexce, Mem. Bost. Soc. N. II., ii, 1874, 285 (Colinia; Manzanilla Bay; 



Rio de la Armeria). — Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 24 



(Juchitan and Tehuantepec City, Oaxaca). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mu8., 



iii, 1877, 88, part (Oaxaca; San Juan del Rio).— Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



Lond., 1883, 423 (Acapulco, Guerrero). — Ferrari-Perez, Proc. IT. S. Nat. 



Mus., ix, 1886, 153 (Chietla, Puel)la).— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 



Am., Aa^bs, i, 1887, 508, part (Mexican references and localities). — Stone, 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1891, 442 (Mexico). 

 [f'alocitia] formom Sclater and Salvin, Xoni. Av. Neotr., 1873, 40, part 



(Mexico). 

 C\_aloc'dta'\ fonnosd Ridcwav, ^lan. \. Am. Uinls, 1887, 350, footnote, part 



(Mexico). 

 Pica bullockil Waglee, Syst. Av., 1827, fol. 11, \k 6 (Mexico). — Sciilegel, ^Iu.«. 



Pays-Bas, Coraces, 1867, 43 (e. Mexico). 

 (\alocilta] bullockii Gray, List Gen. Birds, 1841, 50, part. 

 [Cyninn-us] 6hZ?ocH Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 380 ("Vera Cruz"). 

 C[aUiritta] 6»//orA-i Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 225 (Mexico). 

 Garrula gvhn-iKift'i.r Tesi}.usck, PI. Col., ii (livr. 73, Jan. 1828), pi. 436 (Mexico; 



Leyden Mus.). 

 P[silorhinus'] guhernatrix Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1849, 308. 

 Cyamirw^ fiuhemairi.i- ViO'SA.VAUTE, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1850, 84 (Mexico). 



CALOCITTA FORMOSA AZUREA Nelson. 

 CENTRAL AMERICAN MAGPIE-JAY. 



Similar to C. f. formom^ but more l)rig-htl\^ colored (back, scapulars, 

 and wings dull cerulean or glaucous blue instead of gray), crown and 

 occiput bright (deep flax-flower or azure) blue, sides of head entirely 

 white,'' or bluish white (except a black post-auricular spot), white tips 



« Six specimens. 



''Five specimens 



<'The blackish triangular malar patch of C. /. formcmt sometimes indicated in speci- 

 mens from Chiapas, but in all specimens examined from Guatemala and southward 

 entirely absent. In many specimens the sides of head, and occasionally the chin, 

 strongly tinged with tiax-flower l)lue. 



