-f!'. CYAXOCORAX. 123 



white shaded with bhie near the margin of the ),hick ou the crown 

 and sides of the head ; above the eye a small spot of cobalt-blue ; 

 below the eye another spot of silvery white feathers, shaded with 

 lilac and cobalt; anterior part of clieeks white, shaded with Ulac • 

 sides of breast and rest of under surface of body yellowish white! 

 including the thighs and under wing- and tail-coverts. Total len-th 

 M inches, culmcn 1-4, wing 6-4, taH 6-G, tarsus 2. 

 Hah. Guiana. 



t id" S" ?«^*^'^ ^'"^°^ Purchased. 



"■ ^^- sk- [South America.] 



6. Cyanocorax intermedius. 

 Cyauocorax intermedius, Heine, J. f. O. 18G0 p. 116 

 Cyauurus intermedius, Grmj, Hand-l. B. ii. p' s". 



Above violet ; forehead, sinciput, cheeks, and throat black ; lores 

 and spots near the eye whitish ; nape and hind neck dull bluish 

 white : wmg-coyerts and quills dusky, slightly margined with blue ; 

 tail-feathers dusky, washed with bluish, underneath dusky, the outer 

 leathers more broadly, the inner ones more narrowly tipped with 

 white ; under surface of body, including the whole of the breast and 

 the abdomen, whitish. Total length 12" .3'", culmen 1", wing 5" 9'" 

 tail 5" y", tarsus 1" 9'". {Heme, I. c.) ' 



Hah. Venezuela. 



7. Cyanocorax cyanopogon. 



Oorvu.s cyanopogon, Max. Beitr. Naturq. Bra^. iii. p. 1247 ; Temm 

 PI. Col. ii. pi. 1(59. 



Cyanurus cyanopogon. Swains. Faun. Bor.-Ainer. Birds, p 495 • 

 Gra;/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 5. f i 



Cyanocorax cyanopogon, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. ;307 ; Cab. Mus Hein 

 Th. 1. p. 224; Bitrm. Th. Bras. ii. p. 285 ; Scl. Cat.Am.B.r> 145- 

 Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraees, p. 51; Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. lf>0, 480- 

 Scl. i^- Sah\ Nomencl. Av. A^eofr. -p. 39. ' 



Uroleuca cyanopogon, B^). Consp. i. p. 379. 



Adulf. General colour above purplish brown, with a decided shade 

 of purple on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; wings 

 dark brown, the quills externally purplish, of a brighter shade than 

 the back ; tail purple, browner on the inner webs, broadly banded 

 with white at the tip, extending further on the outer feathers than 

 on the centre ones : head and sides of face, sides of neck, throat, and 

 chest blackish brown ; the feathers of the crown of a velvety texture 

 and forming a closely set crest ; over the eye a large spot of cobalt- 

 blue, fading off on the upper margin into sUvery blue ; a spot be- 

 hind the lower part of the eye and a broad malar patch deep purple ; 

 nape and hind neck silvery white, with a purplish shade, deepening 

 into purple on the hind neck ; rest of under surface of body white"] 

 including the thighs and the under wing- and tail-coverts ; "some of 

 the lower chest-feathers black, tipped with white ; " bill black ; legs 



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