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Young male. — Similar to the adult female. 



Twmature male. — Variously intermediate in coloration between the 

 adult male and female, according- to age. (The black wings and tail 

 are assumed before the blue appears.) 



Continental tropical America in general, from southern Mexico 

 (States of Vera Cruz. Oaxaca, etc,^) to southeastern Brazil and 

 Bolivia; but in South America only ea.st of the Andes; Cuba; Jamaica 

 (accidental?). 



(?) l^Certhia'] cnyana Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 186 (based on Brisson, 

 Orn., iii, p. 636, pi. 23. %. 2).— Gmelin, Syst. Nat, i, pt. i, 1788, 475.— 

 Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 293. 



\_Certhia] cyanea Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 188 (based on Certhia nigra 

 cseruleoqve varin Edwards, Nat. Hist., ii, \). 114, pi. 264, fig. 1; Certhia bra- 

 siliensw crrulea Brisson, Orn., iii, 628, pi. 31, fig. 5, etc.). — Gmelin, Syst. 

 Nat., i, pt. i, 1788, 483.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 291. 



Ccereba cyanea Viellot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xiv, 1817, 44; Enc. Meth., 1823, 

 610; Gal. Ois., i, 1834, 288, pi. 176.— Maximilian, Beitr. Natnrg. Bras., iii, 

 1831, 761. — D'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, Mag. de Zool. 1839 (Synop. Av, p. 

 24). — Burmeister, Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., iii, 1856, 150. — Scl.\ter, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1856, 140, 286 (David, Chiriqui); 1857, 263 (Ega, upper Ama- 

 zons); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 52 (Cayenne; Brazil; Amazons); Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 32 (s. Mexico to s. e. Brazil and Bolivia; Cuba). — 

 Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 266 (monogr. ). — Taylor, Ibis, 

 1864, 81 (Trinidad); 1870, 836 (San Pedro, Honduras); 1873, 260 (Sarayacu, 

 etc. , e. Peru ) ; 1879,597. — Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soo. Lond., 1866, 

 179 (Sarayacu, e. Ecuador); 1867, 570 (Paru, lower Amazons), 749 (Rio 

 Huallaga, e. Peru); 1868, 166, 627 (Venezuela). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., ix, 1868, 97 (Costa Rica).— Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, -561 

 (Trinidad).- Pelzeln, Orn. Bras., 1871, 25.— Salvin, Ibis, 1872, 315 (Chon- 

 tales, Nicaragua) ; 1885, 207 (British Guiana) ; Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 177 

 (Brazil; Trinidad; Guatemala). — La yard. Ibis, 1873, 378. — Boucard, Liste 

 Ois-Guat., 1878, 31.— Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1879, 199 (Manaure, pro v. 

 Santa Marta, Colombia, 2,700 ft.) ; 1880, 119 (Santa ]Marta) ; Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, i, 1886, 248.— Forbes, Ibis, 1881, 330 (Estancia, n. e. Brazil).— T.\cza- 

 NOWSKi, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, 9 (Huambo, n. e. Peru); Orn. du 

 Perou, i, 1884, 436.— Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vi, 1883, 382 (Sucuyti, 

 Nicaragua) .—Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 53 (Cuba); Birds West Indies, 1889, 67 

 (do.). — Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 339 (near Kingston, Jamaica, 1 spec, May 17, 

 1890). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 435 (Volcan de Miravalles, Costa Rica). 



[('fereba'] cyanea Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 16. 



yiectarinia] cyanea Swainson, Birds Western Africa, ii, 1838, 141. 



Alrbelorhijui] cyonm Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 96 (Brazil). 



Arbelorhina cyanea Cabanis, in Schoml)urgk's Reis. Brit. Guiana, iii, 1848, 675. — 

 GuNDLACH, Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 290; Orn. Cuba, 1893, 105.— 

 RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 579 (Truxillo, Honduras).— Zele- 

 DON, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 108 (Las Trojas de Puntarenas, San 

 Jos6, Alajuela, Pozo Azul de Pirris and Monte Redondo de San Jose). — 

 Berlepsch, Journ. fiir. Orn., 1889, 295 (Yurimaguas, e. Peru).— Allen, Bull. 



^Among Mexican localities cited appears the Valley of Mexico; but since the species 

 is a bird of the tierra calietite, or true tropical districts, there is doubtless an error in 

 this case. 



