CYANOPICA CYANA. — C. COOKI. 495 



species, under the name of Garrulus stridens,' that it was " Found near 

 Constantinople by Mr. Robson, who says that it breeds in the Forest of 

 Belgrade." I am without any other information from Mr. Robson on the 



subject.] 



CYANOPICA CYANA (Pallas). 



[§ 2655. Six.—'' Siberia," 1867. From Mons. J. P. Verreaux, 

 1S68. 



These specimens are veiy much darker in general coloration than those of 

 the Spanish Blue Pie. Dr. Dybowski's notes on the nidification of this species 

 were published in the 'Journal fiir Ornithologie ' for 1872 (page 452), and I 

 believe it was from him that these eggs were obtained.] 



CYANOPICA COOKI, Bonaparte. 



[^ 2656. Foil?'. — Casa de Campo, near Madrid, May, 1865. 

 rrom Lord Lilford. 



A complete nestful. Lord Lilford's notes on this species are in ' The Ibis ' 

 for 1866 (p. 378).] 



[§ 2657. Fourteen. — Casa de Campo, May, 1865. Prom Lord 

 Lilford. 



'Ibis,' 1866, pi. X. 



From various nests. The six specimens figured {ut supra) are from this 

 series, but it is impossible to recognize the portrait of more than one of them, 

 though in a general way the plate gives a good notion of the appearance of 

 the eggs of this species.] 



[§ 2658. .S'«>.— Casa de Campo?, May, 1865. Prom Mr. 

 Dresser, 1866.] 



Mr. Dresser informed me that these eggs were all from one nest and were 

 brought to him by a lad (Manuel de la Torre's servant-boy), at Madrid, on 

 15 May, 1865, who said he " had taken them near the town, probably in the 

 Casa de Campo, where I took eggs of this bird with my own hands." {Cf. 

 « Birds of Europe,' iv. pp. 504-506.)] 



