29. CVANdCOKAI. 125 



browu, the upper tail-coverts purplish blue ; frontal plumes of a 

 velvety texture, and lores blackish : the ear-coverts, sides of face ' 

 and throat also darker brown than the rest of the body ; over the 

 whole of the breast and abdomen a shade of violet, deepening into 

 violet blue on the under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts also 

 shaded with violet, like the breast; wings above pale brown, like 

 the back with a very faint shade of violet ; tail deep puri)le. Total 

 length 12-.J inches, culmen 1-4, wing 7-05, tail 6-3, tarsus 1-6- 

 {Alus. bafvin and Godman.) 

 Hah. Brazil. 



rt. Ad. sk. Brazil. 



M. Claussen [C'.j. 



10. Cyanocorax chilensis. 



Psilorhinus chilensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 381 • ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 



Cyanocorax nigriceps, Scl. ^ Sulv. P. Z. S. 187G, p. 354. 

 Adult (type of C. nkjriceps). General colour above dark violet- or 

 Jab-brown, with a shade of violet-blue, verv faintly indicated on 

 the back, but becoming deeper in colour on the ruinp ; the upper 

 tail-coverts and tail deep purple; wings a little darker than the 

 back, with a distinct shade of violet on the outer coverts and inner 

 secondaries ; head rather darker than the back ; lores, forehead sides 

 ot face and throat blackish ; rest of under surface violet-brown 

 deepening into purple on the thighs and under tail-coverts • under 

 wing-covcrts resembling the breast; bill and legs black. Total 

 ength 13-5 inches, culmen 1-45, wing 7-55, tail 6-7, tarsus 1-85. 

 {Mus. balvin and Godman.) 

 Hub. Bolivia. 



f ■^?' f Bolivia. Mr. Brvdges fC.]. 



*• ^^- '^- Bolivia. Mr. Brydges [c.]. 



11. Cyanocorax violaceus. 



Cyanocorax yiolaceus, Du Bus, Bull. Acad. Brux. xiv. pt. 2, p 103- 

 ^d.Rev. Zool 1848, p 243: erf. Esr,. Zool. pi. 30; \. clnspi 



f iqO S^; /1/-/^^v ^-f- .^°™^'^^^' P--**^' I"'''- Orn. Bras. 

 p. IMO; Acl. <5- ,'ia/v. Aomnicl. Av. Neotr. p 40 



Cyanocorax harrisii, Cas». Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. PhUad iv p 26 

 Cyanocorax hyaciuthinus, Cab. in Schomh. Reis. G«/a«. iii n 683 

 Coronideus hyacinthinus, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 225 • Burm Th 



Bras. 11. p. 287, note. 

 Cyauurus hyacinthinus, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 6. 

 Adidt General colour above greyish purple, the wings deeper- 

 coloured, the quills with somewhat of an ultramarine shade • tail 

 purple, glossed with ultramarine ; head, sides of face, sides of neck 

 entire throat, and fore neck blackish brown, all the feathers of the' 

 torehead and region of the eye of a velvety texture, with a very full 



* Cf. gchl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 47. 



