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hyacinth blue in certain lights ; exposed parts of folded wings blue witha 
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 sanblastana. The type measures: Wing 147, 
tail 157, bill 36, tarsus 42. Like Crssolopha sanblasiana the forehead has 
a recurved crest of black feathers. 
Comparing the three Acapulco birds with a series of thirteen 
specimens of sanb/asiana 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. 9, 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 inrather worn summer plumage. Compared with spec- 
imens of phenzceusfrom the United States in corresponding plumage, the 
females are darker, with the grayish or fulvous streaking on the lower sur- 
face limited mainly to the neck and breast, leaving the flanks plain. They 
are much darker in every way than the females of longzrostris, and the 
restriction of the streaking below distinguishes them from the small Gulf 
coast bird (réchmondz). 
MEASUREMENTS OF Agelaius pheniceus grandis. 
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Ss 2 iS Locality. Date. Collector. F : 
Soe elas 
144773 | 1418 | gt | Atlixco, Puebla. | July 27, 1893. | Nels. and Goldm.| 142} 98) 24 32 
144774 | 1424| o ie Ase an oe SS ce 144] 101} 23 32 
144777 | 1430 | & oT ue iso ee 4 : os | 739 | 99) 24 32.5 
144779 | 1434 | 9 ss e Seen ss SR ay s 114 | 78| 20 a 
144780 | 1435 | 9 . : recog a ap vate 1:7| 78] 20 | 30 
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