PASSEBES— COEVIDAE— GYMNOKITTA CYANOCEPHALA. 



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great extent by a plumbeous white, becoming almost pure white about the 

 throat. 



No. 



Sex. 





Ad. 



190 



3 ad. 



3°9 



3 ad. 



31° 



3 ad. 



3'4 



<?jun. 



3'5 



<?jun. 



316 



9 ad. 



317 



,?jun. 



343 



$jun. 



344 



9jun. 



54 



0* ad. 



216 



3 



327 



9 



Locality. 



Nevada 



Near Fort Garland, Colo 

 Rio Grande, Colo — 

 do 



do . 

 do. 

 do . 

 do . 

 do. 

 do. 



White Mountains, Ariz. 



Rio Blanco, Colo 



Huerfano River, Colo. . 



Date. 



July -, 1S71 

 May 29, 1873 

 June 10, 1S73 



do 



June II, 1873 



do 



. . . . do 



do 



June 14, 1S73 



do 



Aug. 20, 1873 

 Sept. 9, 1S74 

 Oct. 7, 1874 



Collector. 



F. Bischoff 



H. W. Henshaw.... 



do 



do- 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do.... 



do 



Dr. C. G. Newberry . 



C. E. Aiken 



do 



Wing. 



7.25 

 7-75 

 7-37 

 7.1S 



7-33 

 60 

 70 

 10 



Tail. 



4.92 

 4.81 



4.S7 

 4.6S 



4-49 

 4.65 

 4.70 



4- 5^ 

 4.50 

 4.60 



Bill. 



1.66 

 1.65 



1-32 



1.30 

 1.5S 

 1.25 

 1.60 

 1.2S 

 1.24 

 i-57 



Tarsus. 



I.3S 

 I. 40 

 I.40 



i-35 

 1.30 



i-35 



'■ 33 



1.40 



1-43 

 1.43 



GYMNOKITTA CYANOCEPHALA, Maxim. 



Tlaximilliail'?! Jay. 



Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus, Maxim., Reise in tlas innere Nord-Amer., ii, 1841, 21. 



Gymnokitta cyanocephala, Cass., Birds Gal. & Texas, i, 1854, 105, pi. 28. — Newb.,P. R. 

 R. Rep., vi, 1S57, 83.— Bd., Birds N. A., 1858,571.— Kennerly, P. R. R. Rep., 

 Whipple's Route, x, 1859, 32.— Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1859, 

 108 (New Mexico).— Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1800, 91 (Fort 

 Whipple, Ariz.).— Cooper, Birds Cal., i, 1^70, 292.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 

 1872, 103.— Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1872, 201.— Bd., Brew., 

 & Ridg., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 260, pi. xxxviii, f. 2.— Yarrow, Rep. Or'n. 

 Specs., 1871, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 35.— Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. 

 Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 21.— Henshaw, An. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 7.— Id., An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's 

 Exped., 1874, 40.— Id., Rep. Orn. Specs., 1S73, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 84, 

 122.— CouES,Birds Northwest, 1874,209.— CouES,Ibis, 1872, 152(biography). 



Cyanocorax cassini, McCall, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1851, 210. 



Common in mountains and foot hills of Nevada and Utah in the vicinity 

 of cedars, the gum of which was found adhering to the feathers. At the 

 season when taken, September until December, strictly gregarious. 



This curious jay seems to be as eminently gregarious during the sum- 

 mer months as later in the fall and winter. I frequently saw them Hying 

 from place to place in search for food, always keeping up their harsh, quer- 



