30. XA.VTHIEA. 133 



black. Total length 8-5 inches, eulmeu 1-25. wing 5-25, taU 6-1 

 tarsus 1-6. ' 



Hdb. Western Mexico. 

 a. Ad. .St. [Mp.xico.J 



6. Xanthura beecheii. 



Pica beecheii, Viyors. Zool. Journ. iv. p. 353; id. in Beechei/s Voyage, 

 Birds, p. 22, pi. 6. ^ y y > 



Cyanocitta crassirostris, Bp. Consp. I p. 378. 

 Cvanocorax geoffi-oyi, Bp. C. R. xxxi. p. 564. 

 Cyanocorax beecheyi, Fimch, Ahhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, ii. p. 333 

 (-.yanoeitta beecbeii, Sclater df- Salvin, Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p ,39 • 



loT'' '^^t-\- ^°'^- ^"''- ^^- ^- "• P- 283; Sclater ^- Salvin, P. Z. S. 

 io/b, p. 2/0. 



Adah male. Head all round, nape, and hind neck black ; the lores 

 t ; M, '^"■^^^^'i forwards, so as to hide the nostrils and base of 

 the bill ; upper surface of body purplish blue, rather brighter on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts; wing-coverts exactly like the 

 back ; quilis black, externally purplish blue, the innermost secon- 

 daries and the tail entirely of the latter colour ; entire under surface 

 of body glossy black, the thighs and under wing- and tail-coverts 

 purplish blue ; bill black ; legs yeUow ; iris yellow. Total length 

 16-0 inches, culraen 1-65, wing 6-75, taU 8-5, tarsus 2. (Mas. Sahin 

 and Godman.) 



AdaJt female. Similar to the male, but having the bill yellow and 

 the ins grey ( Grayson). Total length 15 inches, wing 6-6, tail 7-9 

 tarsus 1-9. {Mas. Salvin and Godman.) 



Hah. Jf.W. Mexico. 



7. Xanthura yucatanica. 

 Cyanocitta beachii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 378 (nee Vic/ors). 

 Corvus (Pica) beecheii, Eijd. et Gerv. Mag. de Zool. 1836, pi. 72 • iid 



Voyage ' Favorite; ^\. 20. ^ 



Cyanocitta crassirostris, Pucher. Rev. Zool. 1858, p. 196: Salv. Ibis, 



1861, p^3o3; Moore, P Z. S 1859, p. 57; La^vK Ann. Lye. X. Y. 



IX. p. 201 ; Sol. 8c Sah\ Nomencl. Av. Xeotr. p. 39. 

 Cyanui-us crassirostris, Graii, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 5. 

 Cyanurus beecheii, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 4. 

 Cyanocitta yucatanica, Du Bois, Bull. Acad. Brux. xl p 797 

 ('yauocitta germaiia, Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 270. 



Adalt male. Above verditer-blue or greenish, inclining to purer 

 cobalt on the upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts resembling the back 

 as do also the inner secondaries ; quills blackish, externallv of the 

 same colour as the back ; tail brighter and more cobalt-blue above 

 black below ; head and neck all round and entire under surface of 

 body, including the under wing- and tail-coverts, black; thighs 

 black, washed with blue; lower surface of quills ashv, inclining to 

 whitish near base of the inner web ; bill black ; feet yellow. Total 

 length 13 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 5-75, taU 7-4, tarsus 1-75. 



