AVES. 485 



DE SELYS-LONGCHAMPS here distinguish two species, of which the one is 

 characterised by a thicker and shorter bill ; similar varieties however in 

 the bill occur in other species; compare BERTHOLD, OKEN'S Isis, 1846, 



Psilorhinus RuEPPELL. Bill moderate or a little longer than 

 head, somewhat straight. Nostrils basal, lateral, open. Wings 

 with fifth and sixth quills subequal, fifth longest of all. Tail long, 

 graduated. 



Sp. Psiloi'hinus morio, Corvus morio LICHTENST., Pica fuliginosa LESS., 

 Psilorhinus mexicanus KUEPP. Mus. SencTc. n. 1837, Taf. XI. fig. 2; Pstto- 

 rhinus gubemator, Garrula gubernatrix TEMM., Cyanurus formosus SWAINS., 

 TEMM. PI. col. 436, &c. 



Add sub-genera Cyanocorax BOIE and Cyanurus SWAINS. 



Calocitta (GRAY previously, in part) BONAP. 



Sp. Calocitta sinensis, Cuculus sinensis L., Corvus erythrorhynchus GM., 

 BUFF. PL enl. 621 ; from central Asia. 



Garrulus BRISS. Bill shorter than head, thick, compressed, 

 emarginate ; lower mandible ascending to the tip, curved. Nostrils 

 oval, basal, covered with recumbent plumes. Tarsi longer than 

 middle toe. Wings with first quill short, fourth, fifth and sixth 

 subequal, fifth longest of all. Tail somewhat long, even or 

 rounded. (Head sub-crested. Coverts of back lax. Feathers 

 variegated.) 



Sp. Garrulus glandarius, Corvus glandarius L., BUFF. PL enl. 481, LESS. 

 Ornith. PI. 36, fig. r, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Ois. PI. 38, fig. 3, NAUM. 

 Taf. 38, fig. i ; the jay, le Geai, der Heher, Eichelheher; a prettily coloured 

 bird, grey-ruddy, with a black spot under the eyes, and a blue patch with 

 black transverse bars on the wings ; the head is white above, with black 

 stripes running longitudinally. 



Perisoreus BONAP., GRAY, Dysornithia SWAINS. Bill short. Tail 

 graduated. 



Sp. Garrulus infaustus, Lanius infaustus L , BUFF. PL enl. 608, SUSEMIHL'S 

 Vogel Europ. II. Tab. 6 a, fig. 2 ; grey-brown, the outer tail-feathers ruddy ; 

 in the North of Europe and in Asia; Garrulus canadensis, Corvus cana- 

 densis L., BUFF. PL enl. 530, RICHARDSON Faun. bor. Amer., Birds, PI. 

 55 (y un g> Garrulus brackyrhynchus SWAINS.) 



Lophocitta GRAY, Platylophus SWAINS. Bill short, with tip 

 curved, emarginate. Gape of mouth ample ; long bristles at the 



