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great extent by a plumbeous white, becoming almost pure white about the 

 throat. 



Locality. 



Nevada 



Near Fort Garland, Colo 



Rio Grande, Colo 



do 



do 



do 



do , 



do 



do 



do 



White Mountains, Ari: 



Rio Blanco, Colo 



Huerfano River, Colo 



July — , 1871 

 May 29, 1873 

 June 10, 1873 



do 



June II, 1873 



do 



.... do 



do 



June 14, 1873 



do 



Aug. 20, 1873 

 Sept. 9, 1874 

 Oct. 7, 1874 



F. Bischoff 



H. W. Henshaw.... 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



, do 



do 



do 



Dr. C. G. Newberry. 



C. E. Aiken 



do 



Wing. 



7.2s 



7-75 

 7-37 

 7.18 



7-33 

 7.60 

 7.70 

 7.10 

 7.20 

 7.38 



1.66 

 1.6s 



1-32 

 1.30 

 1.58 

 I. 25 

 1.60 

 1.28 

 1.24 

 1-57 



1.38 

 1.40 

 1.40 



J-3S 

 1.30 



I-3S 

 1-33 

 1.40 



1-43 

 1-43 



GYMNOKITTA CYANOGEPHALA, Maxim. 



Maximillian-s Jay. 



Gi/niHorhiiim cy(tnocephaIu.i, Maxim., Eeise in das innere Nord-Aiuer., ii, 1841,21. 



Gymnokitta cyanocephala, Oass., Birds Cal. & Texas, i, 1854, 105, pi. 28.— Newb., P. R. 

 li. Kep., vi, 1857, 83.— Bd., Birds N. A., 1858,574.— Kennerly, P. R. R. Rep., 

 Whipple's Route, x, 1859, 32.— Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1859, 

 108 (New Mexico).— CoUES, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1866, 91 (Fort 

 Whipple, Ariz.).— Cooper, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 292.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 

 1872, 103.— AIKEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1872, 204.— Bd., Brew., 

 & RiDG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 260, pi. xxxviii, f. 2.— Yarrow, Rep. Orn. 

 Specs., 1871, Wiieelers Exped., 1874, 35.— YARROW & HENSHAW, Rep. 

 Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 21.— Henshaw, Au. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 7.— Id., Au. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's 

 Exped., 1874, m.—Id, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 84, 

 122.— Coues, Birds Northwest, 1 874, 209.— Coues, Ibis, 1872, 152 (biography). 



Cyanocorax cassini, McCall, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1851, 210. 



Common in mountains and foot hills of Nevada and Utah in the vicinity 

 of cedars, the gum of which was found adhering to the feathers. At the 

 season when taken, September until December, strictly gregarious. 



This curious jay seems to be as eminently gregarious during the sum- 

 mer months as later in the ftdl and winter. I frequently saw them flying 

 from place to place in search for food, always keeping up their harsli, quer- 



