500 CORVID®. 
Genus XANTHURA, Bonap. 
Xanthura galeata, /iidqgway. 
Xanthura yneas, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M., iii. p. 129 (1877) [part.]; 
Nehrk. Kat, Eversammil. p. 863 (1910), 
Cyanocorax incas, Sel. § Salv. (nec Bodd.) P. Z. 8S. 1879, p. 510. 
Xanthoura yneas ‘galeata, Ridgw. Auk, xvii. p. 27 (1900). 
Xanthura galeata, Sharpe, Hand-l. 7. 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 
markings of yellowish-umber, brown and lilac-grey. In one 
specimen the markings 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 (7. A. Salmon). 
Xanthura luxuosa (Less.). 
Xanthura luxuosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. oa iii. p. 152 (1877) [part.]; 
Salvin § Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 502 (1887) [ part.]; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 621 (1909). 
Xanthoura luxuosa luxuosa, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. iil. 
p- 806 (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; i by “615 and 1 by -3s: 
3. Tampico, Tamaulipas, E. Mexico, Salvin-Godman Coll. 
3rd June (W. B. Riehardson). 
1. Tampico, 3rd June (IV. B. R.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Xanthura glaucescens, idgway. 
Xanthura incas var, luxuosa, Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club. 1. p. 89 (1876). 
Xanthura luxuosa, Sharpe, Cat: Birds B. M. iui. p. 1382 (1877) [part. ] ; 
Sennett, Bull. a6 S. Geol, & Geogr. Surv. iv. p. 29 (1878); Merrill, 
P. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. p. 136 (1878); Salvin § Godm. Biol. Centr.- 
Amer., Aves, i. p. 502 (1887) [ part. ]. 
Xanthoura luxuosa, Bendire (nec Less.\, Life-Hist. N. Amer. B. ii. p. 888, 
pl. ili. figs. 15-17 (1895). 
Xanthoura Iuxuosa glaucescens, &idgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 
ili, p. 808 (1904). 
Xanthura glaucescens, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 621 (1909). 
