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Nelson, Ne-v Birds from Mexico and Guatemala. 



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hyacinth bkie in certain lights; exposed parts of folded wings blue with a 

 greenish tinge ; tail hyacinth blue ; under tail-coverts and lower part of 

 thighs dark Berlin blue; feet and legs brownish, bill black; tail longer 

 and bill slenderer than in sanblasiaiia. The type measures : Wing 147, 

 tail 157, bill 36, tarsus 42. Like Cissolopha sanhlasiatia the forehead has 

 a recurved crest of black feathers. 



Comparing the three Acapulco birds with a series of thirteen 

 specimens of sanblasiatia the shades of blue on the dorsal surfaces 

 do not appear to approach one another, that of each species being 

 well marked and distinctive. 



This beautiful Jay although found at the best known seaport 

 of western Mexico appears to have remained undescribed up to 

 the present time. 



Agelaius phcEniceus grandis, new subspecies. Table-land 



Redwing. 



Type, No. 144780, U. S. Nat. Museum, Dept. Agric. coll., $, from 

 Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico, July 29, 1893. Collected by E.W. Nelson (Orig. 

 No. 1435). 



Distribution. — Southern table-lands of Mexico. 



Description. — The coloration of the males does not differ from that of 

 the same sex in the other forms. The female is represented in the collec- 

 tion by specimens in rather worn summer plumage. Compared with spec- 

 imens oi phceniceusivom the United States in corresponding plumage, the 

 females are darker, with the grayish or fulvous streaking on the lower sur- 

 face limited mainlj- to the neck and breast, leaving the flanks plain. They 

 are much darker in every way than the females of longirostris, and the 

 restriction of the streaking below distinguishes them from the small Gulf 

 coast bird {j-ichmondi). 



Measurements of Agelaius phoeniceus grandis. 



