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PEEISOREUS INFAUSTUS. 



(SIBERIAN JAY.) 



Lanius infaustus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 138. no. 25 (1766). 

 Le Geai de Siberie, Buff. Ois. iii. p. 154 (1774). 

 Corvus infaustus, Sparrm. M. Carl. fasc. iv. pi 76 (1786-89). 

 Corvus sibiricus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 373 (1788). 

 Garrulus infaustus,Yiei\\. Nouv. Diet. xii. p. 478 (1817). 

 Pica infausta, Wagl. Syst. Av. spec. 20 (1827). 

 Corvus mimus, Pall. Zoog. Rosso-As. i. p. 395 (1831). 

 Perisoreus infaustus, Bp. B. of Eur. p. 27 (1838). 



Ulykkesfugl, Gjertrudsfugl, Danish ; Lavskrige, Bodskjwre (literally Lichen-Jay and Red 

 Maggie), Norwegian ; Lafskrika, B'ddtjuxa, Swedish ; Gnofsak, Kukhainen, Lapp ; 

 Kuusanka, Kuusankandrhi, Finnish ; Bousha, Russian. 



Figures notabiles. 



Montbeillard, PL Enl. p. 608 ; Werner's Atlas, Omnivores, pi. 9 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 215 ; 

 Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. pi. 350 ; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. pi. 19. fig. 2. 



6 ad. pileo toto et nucha saturate nigricanti-fulvis : fronte pallidiore : collo, gutture, pectore et dorso pallide 

 cinereis, hoc vix rufescente lavato : uropygio supracaudalibusque laete ferrugineis : rectricibus ferru- 

 gineis, vix cinereo apicatis, duabus interniediis saturate cinereis : remigibus nigricanti-fulvis, in pogonio 

 externo fusco-cinereis : primariis ad basin ferrugineis : tectricibus alarum minimis scapularibusque 

 dorso concoloribus : tectricibus superioribus fusco-cinereis, in pogonio externo ferrugineis : abdomine, 

 hypochondriis, crissoque pallide ferrugineis : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride brunnea. 



J ad. haud a mare distinguendus. 



Juv. adulto similis sed saturatior. 



Adult Male (Christiania, Norway, December) . Crown and nape sooty brown, gradually fading in tinge as it 

 joins the colour of the back; forehead rather paler than the crown, and the feathers covering the 

 nostrils dirty yellowish brown ; back and scapulars dull lead-grey, washed, more especially towards the 

 rump, with pale reddish brown; rump and upper tail-coverts bright foxy red; tail bright foxy red, 

 slightly tipped with grey, except the two central feathers, which are pure lead-grey ; quills sooty brown 

 on the inner web, brownish grey on the outer web, some of the primaries being marked with rufous at 

 the base of the outer web ; larger wing-coverts similar in colour to the quills, but having the outer webs 

 marked with bright rufous, which colour in some pervades almost the entire outer web ; lesser wing- 

 coverts brownish grey ; chin, throat, and breast grey, rather purer in colour than the back ; abdomen, 

 flanks, and under tail-coverts rufous; beak and legs black; iris brown. Total length 125 inches, 

 culmen 1*05, wing 5 - 6, tail 5*7, tarsus T4. 



