XANIHTJRA.— CtSSOLOPHA, 501 



Eggs of the Hio Grande Green Jay resemble those of X, galeata, 

 but are rather smaller. 



4. [South-western Texas.] W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Xanthura guatemalensis, Bonap. 



Xanthura luxuosa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 132 (1877) [part.] j 

 Salv. Sf Godtn.. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 602 (1887) [part.]. 



Xanthoura luxuosa guatemalensis, BiJgw. Birds North Sr Middle Amer, 

 iii. p. 310 (1904). 



Xanthura guatemalensis, Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 622 (1909). 



Xanthura luxuosa, Nehrk. Kat. Eiefsamml. p. 863 (1910). 



Eggs of the Guatemalan Green Jay resem.ble those of X. galeata, 

 but are not quite so heavily spotted. They measure respectively : 

 1-18 by -82; 1-09 by -82; and 1-08 by -8. 



1. Yucatan (O. F. Oaumer). Gould OoU. 



2. Yucatan. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CISSOLOPHA, Bonap. 



Cissolopha yucatanica (Dubois). 



Xanthura yucatanica, Sharpe., Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 133 (1877). 



Cyanocitta yucatanica, Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 446. 



Oyanolyca yucatanica, Salu. ^ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 498 



(1887). 

 Cissilopha yucatanica, Ridgw. Birds North if- Middle Amer. iii. p. 315 



(1904). 

 Cissolopha yucatanica, Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 622 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat, 



Eiersamml. p. 363 (1910). 



Eggs of the Yucatan Jay are of a broad oval form, sometimes 

 somewhat pointed towards the smaller end, and distinct!}- glossy. 

 The ground varies from pinkish-white or dull purplish-white to 

 pale pinkish-brick-colour, and is thickly or sparingly spotted with 

 light red, chestnut, or brown, and underlying marks of purplish- 

 grey. They vary in length from 1*08 to 1-23, and in breadth 

 from -75 to -92. 



2. Yucatan. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Yucatan (Nehrkorn Coll^. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Yucatan {Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Valladolid, Yucatan ((?. F, Gould Coll. 



Gaumer). 



2. Zoological Gardens, London. Zoological Society Coll. 



Cissolopha beecheyi ( Vigors). 



(Plate XXII. fig. 14.) 



Xanthura beecheii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 133 (1877). 

 Cyanolyca beecheyi, Salvin Sf Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer,, Aves, i. p. 497 

 (1887). 



