30. XANTHCRA. 135 



body verditer-blue, duller on the thighs and under wing- and tail- 

 covcits; "bill and feet black ; iris blackish." {D'Orhigmi.) Total 

 length 12-.5 inches, culraen 1-05, wing 5-45, tail (J-9, tarsus 1-55. 

 Hah. Bolivia and Peru. 



a. Ad. St. Bolivia. Mr. Brydges [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Bolivia. Mr. Brydges [C.J. 



c. rf.Ad.sk. Huasampilla, Peru, March Henrv Whitelv, Esq. 



1872. [C!]. -' ^ 



10. Xanthura jolyaea. 



Cyanocitta jolviBa, Bp. J. f. O. 1858, p. 47; Scl. 8f Salv. Nomencl. 



Av. Neutr. p. 39 ; Taczan. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 524 : Scl. & Salt: P. Z. S 



1876, p. 271. 

 Cyanurus joliiiea, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. .5. 



Similar to C. vindiajanea, but of a more splendid blue colour ; 

 forehead and cheeks broadly black ; crown and a narrow collar on 

 the throat whitish blue; throat blue, somewhat ashy (not black). 

 {Bonaparte, I. c.) 



Hah. Junin district of Peru. 



11. Xanthura turcosa. (Plate VII.) 



Cyanocitta turcosa, Bp. C. li. xxxvii. p. 8.30 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1858, p 

 552, 1860, p. 58 ; id. Cut. Amer. B. p. 144 ; Scl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. 

 Av. Neotr. p. 39. 



Cyanocorax turcosus, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, v. ^ ■ Scl P Z S 

 1857, p. 18. ,!-,.... 



Cyanurus turcosus, Gray, Eand-l. B. ii. p. 5. 



Adult. General colour above greenish cobalt, of a purer blue ou 

 the mantle and scapulars ; wings greenish cobalt, the inner webs 

 black, the inner secondaries entirely blue like the back ; tail uni- 

 form greenish cobalt, of a more decided greenish tinge than the back ; 

 nasal biistles, forehead, feathers above and below the eye, cheeks' 

 and ear-coverts black; fore part of crown silvery cobalt, ' shading 

 off into bright cobalt on the nape and hind neck ; chin black ; entire 

 throat light turquoise-blue, girdled by a black band across the fore 

 neck; rest of under surface of body greenish cobalt, including the 

 thighs and under wing- and tail-coverts ; bill and legs black. Total 

 length 13 inches, culmen 1-3.5, wing 5-45, tail 6-(), tarsus 1-7. 



Hab. Ecuador, Columbia. 



«. Ad. sk. Ecuador. C. Buckley, Esq. fC.]. 



h, c. Ad. sk. Quito. J. Gould. Esq. 



d. Ad sk. Ecuador. Purchased. 



e. Ad. sk. Bogota. Purchased. 



12. Xanthura quindiuna. (Plate VIII.) 

 Cyanocitta annillata. y. quiiidimia. Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. -S. 1876, p. 272. 

 Adult ),iale. Head, neck, and mantle rich purplish cobalt, shading 



