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Genus XANTHURA, Bonap. 

 Xanthura galeata, Ridgwcuj. 



Xanthura yncas, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 129 (1877) [part.]; 



Nehrk. Kut. Eiersamml. p. 363 (1910). 

 Cyanocorax incas, Scl. ^- Sah\ {nee Bodd.) P. Z. S. T879, p. 510. 

 Xautliouva yncas galeata, Ridgw. Auk, xvii. p. 27 (1900). 

 Xanthura galeata, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 621 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Helmeted Inca Jay are of a rather wide oval 

 shape, a third is more pointed, and all are slightly glossy. The 

 ground is dull greenish-white densely freckled all over with fine 

 maikiugs of yellowish-umber, brown and lilac-grey. In one 

 specimen the markmgs are concentrated at the larger end and form 

 an irregular cap. They measure respectively : 1-22 by -85; 1*2 by 

 •84 ; and 1-12 by -85. 



1 . U.S. Colombia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Santa Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Colombia (T. K. Salmon). 



Xanthura luxuosa {Less.). 



Xanthura luxuosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 132 (1877) [part.]; 



Salvia i^ Godman, Biol. Centr.-Anter., Aves, i. p. u02 (1887) [part.]; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 621 (1909). 

 Xanthoura luxuosa luxuosa, Rid(jw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. iii. 



p. 306 (1904). 



Four eggs of the Green Jay are much the same as those of 

 X. galeata but are smaller and less densely spotted. The ground 

 is white or pale greenish-white, spotted all over and blotched 

 towards the larger end with various shades of yellowish-brown 

 and lilac-grey. They measure respectively: 1"06 by '84; 1"03 

 by -8 ; 1 by -81 ; and 1 by -8. 



3. Tampico, Tamaulip.'vs, E. Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3rd June ( W. B. Biehardson). 

 1. Tampico, 3rd June (Tf. i?. J2.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Xanthura glaucescens, Ridgway. 



Xanthura incas var. luxuosa, Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cluh. i. p. 89 (1876). 

 Xanthura luxuosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. iii. p. 132 (1877) [part.] ; 



Sennett, Bull. U. S. Geol. ^- Geogr. Surv. iv. p. 29 (1878); 3Ierrill, 



P. U. S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 136 (1878) ; Salvin ^- Godm. Biol. Cenir.- 



Amer., Ares, i. p. 502 (1887) [part.]. _ 

 Xanthoura luxuosa, Bendire (nee Less.], Life-Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 383, 



pi. iii. tigs. 15-17 (1895). 

 Xanthoura luxuosa glaucescens, Bidgw. Birds North 4" Middle Amer. 



iii. p. 308 (1904). 

 Xanthura glaucescens, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 621 (1909). 



