('oltVID.K- TIIK CUUWS. .J73 



Avoll-iimi'kcd iiiid ciisily ili'lincd nicos of oiio ])riiiiitivc sppcicH, tlie ^inidii- 

 liou I'niiii (Pile Idiiii III the olhei' liciii;^ very rc^iiliir, mid ii;^iwiii^' with lluj 

 <,'i!iK'iid variiitidii atli'iid.iuL ii|>nii i^iMigniiiiiiciil dislriluitinii. 'I'liiis, lic^iii- 

 iiiiiU' with ('. siclliri, sw Imvi; lliu anterior ])iirt of luiiul mid liudy, in- 

 ciiidiiig iiitiM'scaiiiilm' region, lijack, witiKnit any niarkinj^s on tlu; licad. In 

 J'runtdlU tlio luiok is li^liti;r, and u glossy lihio sliows on tin; ibiclu'ad. 

 In viKirolophu Ww hliic ot posterior parts invades tlio anterior, tinj;i.'in<,' llicni 

 very di!cidedly, Icavinj^' llii' iiead black, witii a blue shade to the ercst ; 

 the forehead is j^lossed with liluish-widte ; the npjjer eyelids have ii white 

 spot. In mrtiiitita tlie l)liie tinj^c is detsper, and pervades the entire liody, 

 except tiie side of the head. The sliade ol' blue is dillerent from vuirroloplut, 

 and more like tiiut oi' ,s/r//rri ; c//(»/(,//(«/«, intermediate in haliitat lu'tween 

 ■iiwcrulupha mid ivivhuIk, is also intermediate in coloi'S. The tail liecujines 

 rather more even, and the bill more slender, as we ))rooeed from stc/leri to 

 coronutu. The bars ou the secondary coverts l)eeome darker in the same 

 progression. 



Cyanura cristata, Sw aixson. 



BLUE J&T. 



Cormis crislntus, Linn. Syst. Nut. I, (lOlli wl.,) l"r)S, 106 ; (I'itlu'd.,) 1766, 157.— G.\ii i.ix, 

 Syst. Nut. I, 1788, 309. — Wilson, Am. t»iii. I, 1S0.S, 2, pi. i, C. 1. - Ho.s. OIjs. 

 Wilson, 18-J4, No. 41. — Doroinv, Ciib. X. II. 11, 1N3'J, C-i, pi. vi. — Aii" Oin. 

 liiog. II, l.'syi, 11 ; V, 183!!, 475, ]i\. fii. (riirru/un crinhihis, " ViKii.i.ur, Kiuycloii. 

 890." — III. Diot. XI, 477. — Hk.v. Syn. 1828, 58. — S\v. F. I5or.-Ani. II, 1831, 293. 



— VlKIM.()T, (ialfiic, 1, 1824, UiO, pi. oil. — Aui). Birds Am. IV, 110, jil. ccx.vxi. 



— Max. Cabnii. J. 1858, VI, 192. Pica criKlntii, Waiim:1!, Syst. Av. 1827, Pica, No. 8. 

 ('i/iniiiriiii<-risl(i/ii.i, )>\\.\]\si}s, V. Hor.-Am. II, 1831, app. 495. — Uaiisii, Binis N. 

 Am. 1858, 580. — Sa.mi'ki.s, 364. — Ai.i.kx, B. E. I'lii. 297. I'liuiuicnrn.i- crisluliis, 

 Bon. List, 1838. Cipnwcit/'t- cris/n/n, Sti;mki.a\i>, Ann. M.ijj,. N. II. 1845, 261.— 

 {'AiiAXl.s, Mils. Hcin. 1851, 221. Vij'UKKjamilii.i crMnfni, Bd.v. C'oiisp. 1850, 376. 



Sp. f'liAn. Trcst iilioiit oiK^ third loiiji'or tli.in flic liill. Tail iiiiu'li oradiiatod. Ociiornl 

 color alinvc liirlit piirpli>li-lihn'; wind's and lail-frallii'i-s iillraiiiariiic-liliic ; llio .secondaries 

 and tcrtials, the irroatcr \viiii;-covorts, and the exposed siii'liiee of the tail, sharply haiided 

 with hlaek" and hroadlv tip|icd with white, except on the (.'entral tail-t'calhei's. liciieath 

 while: tiiifjcd with piirplish-liluc on the throat, and with lilnish-lirowii on the siiles. 

 A lilack eresceni on (he forepart of the breast, the horns passiiiu'' forwanl and eonneeliiii; 

 with a iiall'-eollar on the back of the neck. A nanow frontal line and loral rej:ion lil.ick; 

 feathers on the base of the hill lilnc, like the crown. Female rallier duller in color, and 

 a little smaller. Lcnirth, 12.2.'); wiiiir. r).fi.'">; tail. .".7:"). 



riAn. Eastern NcMtli Amciica. west to the Missouri. Northcaslern Texas (Dresser, 

 Ibis, 1865, 494). North to Red River and Moose Factory. 



Specimen.s from iinrth of the T'^nited State.s are larger tlian more soutliern 

 ones. A s(>ries of specimens from Florida, brought by ^Ir. Pioardman, are 

 quite peculiar in some resjiects, ami prohalily re]>reseut a local race resident 

 there. In these Florida siiecimcns the wing and tail are each an inch or 



