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3. Guiraca cyanea. 



1'he Blue Grosbeak from Angola, Edwards, N. H. Birds, iii. pi. 125 



(1750). 

 Le Grosbec bleu d' Angola, Brigs. Om. vi., App. p. 88 (1760). 

 Loxia cyanea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 303 (1706) ; Lath. Lid. Om. i. 



p. 374 (1790). 

 Blue Grosbeak, var. ft, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 117 (1783). 

 Loxia caerulea, var. /3, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 863 (1788). 

 Loxia cserulea, var. A, Lath. Ind. Om. i. p. 371 (1790). 

 Pico grueso azulejo, Azara, Apuni. i. p. 438 (1802). 

 Coccothraustes cyanea, Vieill. Ois. Chant, pi. 64 (1805) ; Bonn. § 



VieitL Enc. Metli. iii. p. 998 (1823). 

 Fringilla brissonii, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 22 (1823) ; Neuwied, Beitr. 



Natury. Bras. iii. p. 561 (1830). 

 Pitylus brissonii, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 362 (1844) ; Hartl Lnd. Azara, 



p. 8 (1849). 

 Cyanoloxia cyanea, Bp. Consp. i. p. 503 (1850). 

 Coccoborus cvaneus, Cab. Mas. Hein. Th. i. p. 152 (1850); Burm. 



Th. Bras. iii. p. 237(1856). 

 Coccoborus brissonii, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. p. 45 (1854). 

 Cyanoconrpsa minor, Cab. J. f. O. 1861, p. 4. 

 Guiraca cyanea, Sal. Cat. Amer. B. p. 101 (1862) ; Pelz. Om. Bras. 



1885, p. 213 ; Berlepsch 8f Ihering, in Madardsz. Zeitschr. yes. Om. 



ii. p. 121 (1885). 

 Guiraca cyanoides (nee Lafr.), Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 566, 



1867, p." 750 ; Pet. Om'. Bras. p. 222 (1871). 

 Goniaphea cyanea, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 103, no. 7536 (1870). 

 Goniapbea minor, Gray, t. c. p. 103, no. 7539 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above deep blue, the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail- coverts being a little brighter blue than the 

 mantle ; lesser wing-coverts deep cobalt, forming a patch which 

 contrasts with the back ; median and greater coverts, as well as the 

 quills, blackish, edged with blue like the back, a little greyer on the 

 primaries, bastard- wing, and primary-coverts ; tail-feathers black, 

 margined with greyish blue ; crown of head and neck like the back ; 

 the forehead and fore part of the crown glistening bright cobalt, 

 extending laterally a little way above the ear-coverts ; lores and 

 feathers in front of and below the eye black, forming a conspicuous 

 spot before the latter ; cheeks and ear-coverts black, washed with 

 blue, with a broad mark of brighter cobalt below the eye across the 

 sides of the face ; entire under surface of body deep blue, rather 

 greyer on the flanks, the throat decidedly blacker and only slightly 

 washed with blue ; axillaries and under wiug-co verts like the breast, 

 with a distinct appearance of brighter cobalt near the edge of the 

 wing ; quills dusky below, ashy along the inner web : " bill horn- 

 black, somewhat brownish at the tip ; feet dark violet-brownish 

 grey ; iris brown " (Burmeister). Total length 6 inches, culmen 

 0*6, wing 3, tail 2'55, tarsus - 75. 



