138 CUKVIDJE. 



with white ; under wing-coverts white, the edge of the wing bhie ; 

 bill and legs black ; " iris greyish brown " (Mar.). jfTotal length 

 13-5 inches, culmen I'o, wing 7"95, tail 6-2, tarsus 1"85. 

 Hab. The same as that of the genus. 



a. Ad. st. Brazil. 



32. GYMNOKITTA. 



Type. 

 Gyninorhiniis, 3Ia.v. Seis. X.-Amer. ii. p. 21 (1841) * G. cvanocepbala. 

 Cvanocephalus, Dp. Oss. Stat. Zool. Eur. Vertehr. 



' 1840-41, p. 17 (1842)t '. G. cyanocepbala. 



Gjmnokitta, Bp. Consp. i. p. 382 (1850) G. cyanocepbala. 



Head of Gt/mnokifia cyanoceijhala. 



Range. Eocky Mountains of Colorado to Cascade ilountains of 

 California and Oregon ; south to Mexico and Arizona. 



1. Gymnokitta cyanocepbala. 



Gyiiinorbinus cvanocephalus, Max. JReis. X.-Amer. ii. p. 21. 

 Cvanocephalus wiedi, Bp. Oss. Stat. Zool. Eur. Vert. 1840-41, p. 17 ; 



'Sahin, Ibis, 1873, p. 103. 

 Gymnokitta cyanocepbala, Bp. Consp. i. p. 382; Cass. B. Calif, and 



Texas, p. 165, pi. 28 ; Baird, B. X. Amer. p. 574 ; Coiie-i Ihis, 



1872, p. 152 : id. Keu X.-Amer. B. p. 103 ; Cooper, Orn. Calif, i. 



p. 292 ; Baird, Brewer, 8f Ridgu: X.-Amer. B. ii. p. 260, pi." 38. 



fig. 2 : Coues, B. Xorfh-tcesf, p. 210. 

 Psilorbinus cyanoeepbalus, Gra;/, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 14. 

 Cyanocorax c'assini, McCall, Pr. Acad. X. Sci. Philad. 1851, p. 216. 

 Nucifraga cyanocepbala, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 10. 



General colour above pale ashy blue, rather lighter and more 

 cobalt on the upper tail-coverts ; head deep cobalt, including the 

 sides of the face ; the forehead, cheeks, and ear-coverts rather 

 brighter ; lores and feathers round the eye blackish ; wing-coverts 

 coloured like the back ; the quiUs blackish, externally greyish blue, 

 the iuner secondaries entirely of the latter colour, and resembling 

 the back ; tail pale greyish blue, with a very narrow whitish edging 

 at the tip of the outermost feathers ; under surface of body greyish 

 blue, including the under wing- and tail-coverts, and rather lighter 

 on the lower abdomen and thighs ; throat whitish, streaked with 

 greyish blue, with ^hich most of the feathers are rather broadly 



* Nee Gymnorhina. G. K, Gray. 1840. t Preoccupied in Botany. 



