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main than that of Cmilopha m. melanocyanea^ but there was some 

 overlap between 5,500 and 6,500 feet when the two species occasion- 

 ally were found in the same woodlands. 



On the higher slopes of Volcan de Acatenango these jays were com- 

 mon in dense deciduous forest around 7,500 feet and above, coming 

 down a little lower at times in trees along the roads. Skins were ob- 

 tained here on October 29 and November 4, Near Chimaltenango I 

 shot one on November 7 from a little flock among pines at 5,700 feet, 

 this being the lowest point at which I observed them. On November 

 13 I saw them on the hills above Panajachel, and at Sierra Santa 

 Elena, where I prepared three more skins, they were common from 

 November 17 to 27, being especially abundant at 8,G00 feet at Chichi- 

 vac. There was complaint there of their depredations in fields of 

 corn. 



These birds were often noisy, a common call being a harsh sMr-r-r 

 shUr-r-r^ like that of the crested jays of the United States, but they 

 had other calls that were unfamiliar to me. Once I heard one imitate 

 the scream of the red-tailed hawk. They were found in little flocks 

 that ranged from near the ground to the tops of the tallest trees, 



Carlos Pira gave me the skin of a complete albino that he secured 

 near Chichivac. 



APHELOCOMA UNICOLOR COELESTIS Ridgway 



Aphelocoma unicolor coelcstis Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 16, 

 Sept. 30, 1903, p. 108 (San Cristobal, Chiapas). 



On November 17, in early morning, a pair of these great jays came 

 among the cypress trees near the house at Sierra Santa Elena. They 

 moved slowly from perch to perch, appearing very large in the eddying 

 mist. One was taken. On November 24 I recorded another, and 

 noted that its call was much like that of the California jay, but much 

 louder. 



CYANOLYCA PUMILO PUMILO (Strickland) 



Cyanocorax puniilo Strickland, in Jardiue's Contributions to ornithology, 1849, 

 p. 122, pi. 33 (Guatemala). 



On October 27 at the Cuesta San Rafael, above Mixco, at an eleva- 

 tion of 7,000 feet near the boundary between Guatemala and Sacatepe- 

 quez, I had a distinct view of one of these jays in a low tree beside the 

 road. When I stopped my car it disappeared instantly. On Novem- 

 ber 27, at 9,500 feet elevation near Sierra Santa Elena, I heard a 

 curious call and foimd that it came from a pair of these birds in a 

 grove of trees on the mountainside. A female was taken. 



Examination of a small series from Chiapas and Guatemala indi- 

 cates wing measurements as follows: Male 117.8; females 110, 111.8, 



