136 coRvii..ii. 



oft' on the back "into greener blue, the rump and upper tail-coverts 

 being decidedly greenish cobalt ; tail greenish cobalt, the edges of 

 the inner webs blackish ; wing-coverts resembling the back, the 

 quills black, externally greenish cobalt, the innermost secondaries 

 being entirely of this colour ; forehead, lores, sides of face, and chin 

 black ; the throat rich cobalt, encircled by a collar of black ; rest of 

 the under surface greenish cobalt, inclining to purplish blue on the 

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

 length 14-4 inches, culmen 1-3, wing 5-65, tail 7'8, tarsus 1-7. 

 Hah. Cordillera of Quindiu, New Granada. 



a, b, c, d. Ad. sk. Quindiu. T. K. Salmon, Esq. [C.]. 



13. Xanthura meridana. 



Cyanocitta armillata, Sd. 8( SaJv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 788. 

 Cyanocitta armillata, a. meridana, Scl. ^ Sah\ P. Z. S. 1876, p. 271 . 



General colour above rich purplish blue, the tail scarcely any 

 darker than the back ; wing-coverts coloured like the back, as also 

 are the inner secondaries ; quills black, externally purplish blue, like 

 the back : head and neck very little darker than the back ; the fore 

 part of the crown rather brighter purple ; forehead, nasal bristles, 

 feathers round the eye, and sides of the face black ; under surface 

 of body deep purple, including the under wing- and tail-coverts ; 

 chin black ; the throat bluish purple, surrounded on all sides by a 

 black collar ; bill and legs black. Total length 12-8 inches, culmen 

 1, wing 5-4, tail 6-6, tarsus 1-55. (Mvs. Salvin and Godman.) 



Hob. Andes of Merida, Venezuela. 



14. Xanthura armillata. 



Cyanocorax armillatus, Grai/ Sf Mitch. Gen. B. ii. p. .307, pi. 74 ; Scl. 



'P. Z. S. 1855, p. 15.3; Schl. Mus. P.-B. Coraces, p. 48. 

 Cyanocitta armillata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 378 ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 144 ; 



Scl. Sf Salv. lYomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 39; iid. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 271. 

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



Adult female (Pamplona, Wyatt). General colour above deep 

 smalt-blue, the head and hind neck very much lighter and of a 

 greyish cobalt-blue ; forehead, lores, feathers above the eye, entire 

 .sides of face (running down the sides of the throat and round the 

 fore neck, so as to encircle the throat) black ; throat entirely azure- 

 cobalt, the chin black ; rest of under surface of body deep smalt- 

 blue, including the under wing- and tail-coverts ; wings above re- 

 sembling the back, the quills blackish, externally of the same blue 

 as the back, the innermost secondaries and tail-feathers blue, not 

 quite so bright as the back ; bill and legs black. Total length 

 12 inches, culmen 1-1, wing 5-4, tail 6-8, tarsus 1-55. (Mus. Salvin 

 <f" Godman.) 



Hah. New Granada. 



