FlilNr.TLLID.K — Til !•: FIXCII K.'^. 



77 



cqiiiil; tlio socnnil <iTiilI loiiL'i'st ; tin; liist loss tliiiii tlio tniiflh. Tail very lu.'iii'ly i.'vcn. 

 slidi-tiT I hail llic Willis. 



The Huv^h Xortli Ameri- 

 can sjiccics of this genus lias 

 no near lehxtivo in tropieal 

 America ; intleeil, no other 

 species at ])reseut known 

 can be said to 1k>. strictly 

 congenei'ic. 



In all essential details of 

 external structure, and in 

 every respect as to habits 

 and nidification, the tyjie of 

 the genus {G. cccrulea) is 

 nuich more like the species of Ci/onnspiza tlian those of J fed //miles, -witli 

 which latter it has usually been included. 



Guiraca cfiridm. 



Guiraca csBrulea, Swainson. 



BIUE GBOSBEAK. 



LiiMd cfrnifrii, LiN\. Syst. Niit. I, 17(iti, :iO(). — Wil.sdX, Am. Oin. Ill, 1811, "8, pi. xxiv, 

 r. 6. ? W.viil.Ki!, Isis, lS:il, S'i.j. (I'liifdoi cirrulin, Sw.mnsun, Ilinls Mi'x. in I'liil. 

 Miift. I, 1827, 4:!8. — lUiiU), Hinls N. Am. 18.-)8, -Ism. — Coiii-r.l!, Oiii. Cal. I, 2;>ii. 

 I'Viii/iillii. I'cvnilid, Am. Oni. lUdi^. II, 1S;U, 14(i; V^, HilS, jil. c.wii. CdCi-dliunis 

 C(rri(l<uis, S\v. Hinls II, 1887, 277. — Art). Syn. ls;!!>. In. liinlsAm. Ill, 1841, 204, 

 111. ociv. — Cahams, Mus. Iliiii. IS'd, l.")2. — I'lNscii, Abh. Xiit. !!'■ :ii. 1870, ;<:(!» 

 (Muzatliin). C'lidiidld.i-id etunihn, I>1'. ('ciiis]ii'utus, 18."iO, rp(l2. ii'inidi/ilnat avriilia, \i\: 

 ll/dc drdshfd/:, rF.NNANT, An;, /aul. II, 178"., lifjl. 



Sp. CiiAU. Biilliaul hliio; darker aci'os.s the iiiidiUo of thf hack. Spafo aroiiinlbaso 



of the liill ami loii's, with tai'-lcathpi'.'s, 

 hlai'k. Two liamls on tlio wiiisr aoross tlio 

 li|)sor till' iiiiililK; and .sooondary oovcns. 

 with oilier odjres of tortiaries, roddish- 

 hrowii. or perhaps oliestniil. I'"oalhors on 

 the posleiiiir ])orlioii of the under sur- 

 face lippeil narrowly wilh jjiayish-whito. 

 I.eii.iith, ".'J."!: win,L'. :!."iO: tail. 'J.Sll. 



Fi'diiilr yellowi.-li-lirown aliove. lirown- 

 ish-yellow lielieath ; darkest aoross the 

 lii'cast. W'liifr-ooyorls and lertials hroadly 

 oilirod wilii hrownish-yollow. Soinelimesa 

 faiiil aeo of hluo on the tail. The youiif; 

 resoliihles the fellialo. 



If.Mi. More soutliei'ii Fiiitod Slates from 

 Atlantic to raeili<', south l<i Costa Rica. 



Xalapa (Sci,. 18")f). 30.")) ; Oaxa.M (Soi,. IS")!), ;17S); Cordova (,-■ i,. IS.Vl, iUll) ; Cuha (Cad. 



J. IV, 9); Vera Viva (Sai,vin, Ihi.s, HI. ;?,VJ) ; Costa I!iea (I.awu. IX, KVJ); Vera Cniz. 



winter fSt-M. M. B. S. 1. iVi2); Viieataii (Lawk. IX. 2(10). 



(jllirnni rtmilm 



