134 CORVID^. 



AdiiU female. Similar to the male, but smaller, having the bill 

 yellow and the tail-feathers tipped with white. Total length 12 

 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 5-35, tail 6-6, tarsus 1-7. 



llab. Honduras and Yucatan. 



a, b. [5]ad. sk. Honduras. Mr. Dyson [C.]. 



f. [cTlad. sk. Honduras. Mr. Leyland [C.]. 



d. [ $ ] ad. sk. [Central America.] Purchased. 



8. Xanthura melanocyanea. (Plate VI.) 



Garrulus melauocyaneus, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 215. 

 Cyanolyca melanoc_yanea, Cab. Mas. Hein. Th. i. p. 223. 

 Cyanocitta melanocyanea, Bp. Cotisp. i. p. 378 ; Sclater 8)~ Salvin, 



Ibis, 1859, p. 21; Sclater, Cat. Atn. B. p. 144; Sclater 8f Salvin, 



Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 39. 

 Cyanocorax raelanocyaneus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 359; Schlegel, 



Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 45. 

 Cyanurus melauocyaneus. Gray, Haml-l. B. ii. p. 4. 



Adult. General colour above verditer-blue, with a strong lustre 

 of greenish cobalt under certain lights, especially on the wings ; 

 tail purple, washed with cobalt, the latter being the prevailing shade ; 

 head and neck all round, including the upper part of mantle above 

 and the breast below, black ; rest of under surface of body very dull 

 verditer-blue, including the under wing- and tail-coverts ; bill and 

 legs black ; iris red. Total length 13 inches, culmen 1'3, wing 

 5-4, tail 6-5, tarsus 1'45. 



Hah. Guatemala. 



a. Ad. st. Guatemala. 



b. Ad. sk. Cohan, Vera Paz. Purchased, 

 e. Ad. sk. [Central America.] 



9. Xanthura viridicyanea. 



Garridus viridicyaneus, D'Orb. et Lafr. Syn. p. 9 ; D'Orb. Voij. Am. 



MeVw/. 0(i\ pl.53. fig. 1. 

 Cyanocorax viridicyaneus. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 307. 

 Cyanocitta \'iridicyanea, Bp. Coiisp. i. 378 ; Sclater ^ Salvin, Nomencl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 39 ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 185. 

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



Adult. General colour above dark verditer-blue, brighter ou the 

 wings and tail, the quills internally purplish brown, externally blue, 

 the inner secondaries entirely of the latter colour ; tail rather 

 brighter blue than the back, the feathers internally purplish brown ; 

 frontal plumes, lores, and nasal bristles, feathers round the ej'e, 

 cheeks, car-coverts, and sides of neck black ; the black frontal line 

 succeeded by a broad band of white, which crosses the fore part of the 

 vertex, and extends backwards on each side of the head, forming an 

 eyebrow, but not very distinct, being mixed with blue ; the rest of 

 the head blue, like the back, but rather brighter, especially where 

 it adjoins the white band ; throat and fore neck dull blue, succeeded 

 by a narrow crescentic line of white, the rest of the under surface of 



