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Genus CYANOCORAX, Boie. 



Cyanocorax chrysops ( VieilL). 



Cyanocorax chrysops, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 120 (1877) ; Chubh, 

 Ibis, 1910, p. 646; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 619 (1909) ; Nelnk. Kat. 

 Mersamml. p. 362 (1910). 



Eggs of the Urraca Jay vary in shape from a broad to a somewhat 

 pointed oval, and are slightly glossy. The ground varies from 

 greyish-white to creamy-white and whitish-buff, and is generally 

 thickly freckled all over with yellowish-brown and lilac-grey, the 

 markings being usually most numerous at the broad end. In some 

 clutches the markings are small and comparatively speaking few, 

 in others they are much coarser and liave a somewhat blotched 

 appearance. In one abnormally coloured set the ground is pale 

 blnish-white with small very dark brown spots and ash-grey under- 

 markings, mostly concentrated about the large end. They vary 

 in length from 1-18 to 1-4, and in breadth from -88 to -98. 



3. Sapucav, Paraguay. W. Foster, Esq. [C] 



3. Sapucay. AV. Foster, Esq. [C.]. 



8. Sapucav. W. Foster, Esq. fCl. 



2. Sapucay, Ist Oct. W. Foster, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Sapucav, 2nd Oct. W. Foster, Esq. [C.J. 



3. Sapucay, 8th Oct. W. Foster, Esq. [C.J. 



4. Sapucav, 11th Oct. W. Foster, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Sapucay, 12th Oct. W. Foster, Esq. [C.l. 

 4. Sapucay, 13th Oct. W. Foster, Esq. [C.J. 



3. Sapucay, 13th Oct. AV. Foster, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Sapucav, 13th Oct. W. Foster, Esq. [C.J. 



4. Sapucav, lUth Oct. AV. Foster, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Sapucav, 11th Nov. AV. Foster, Esq. fC.]. 

 2. Sapucav, 1 2th Nov. AV. Foster, Es-q. [C.]. 



2. Sapucav, 13th Nov. AV. Foster, Esq. [C.J. 



3. Sapucav, 22Dd Nov. AV. Foster, Esq. [C.J. 



4. SapucaV, 4th Dec. AV. Foster, Esq. [C.J. 



Cyanocorax affinis, Pelz. 



Cyanocorax nffinis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 121 (1877) ; Scl. &,■ 

 Sab. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 510 ; Allen, Bull. Amer. Mas. xxi. p. 290 

 (1905) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 619 (1909) ; JS'ehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. 

 p. 362 (1910). 



Two eggs of the Colombian Jay do not differ in any way from 

 typical examples of C. chrysops, ^ith the ground-colour M'hitish- 

 buff. They measure respectively: 1-36 by '96, and 1-32 by '99. 



2. Remedios, Antioquia, [r.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia {T. K. Salmon). 



