300 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



r>:\_Ui)rli.hiM)i\ iiwrid Cahanis, Mus. Heiii., i, J851, 22(), excl. syu. part (Jalapa, 

 Vera Cruz). 



PsUorhinus morio Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loncl., 1856, 300 (Cordova, Vera 

 Cruz) ; 1859, 365 (Jalapa); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 145, part (in synonymy).— 

 Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 592 (Boquilla, San Diego, and 

 China, Nuevo Leon); ed. 1860 (Birds N. Am.), atlas, pi. 68, figs. 1, 2; Rep. 

 U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 21 (Boquilla, etc., X.uevo Leon); 

 Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 444. — Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1869, 363 (City of Mexico; Atlantic tierra caliente). — Sumichrast, 

 Mem. Host. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 554 (hot and temperate regions, Vera Cruz, 

 np to 9,000 ft).— CouEs, Check List, 1873, no. 232.— Baird, Brewer, and 

 Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 304, part, pi. 42, fig. 2 (Cordova and 

 Mirador, Vera Cruz; Boquilla, etc., Nuevo Leon). — Boucard, Catalog. Avium, 



1876, 280, no. 8765 (Mexico; "Texas").— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mu.s., iii, 



1877, 139, excl. syn. part (Orizaba). — Ferrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 ix, 1886, 153 (Jalapa and Plan del Rio, Vera Cruz). — Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 505.— Stone, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1891, 

 442 (Mexico).— Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 1896, 630 (Alta 

 Mira, Tamaulipas). — Chapmax, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 31 (Jalapa). 



Psilorhinus mexicanus, part, RtJppELL, Mus. Senckenb., 1837, 189 (supposed young 

 from Tamaulipas). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1887, 

 506, part (localities Tamaulipas, and Boquilla and China, Nuevo Leon) .« 



PSILORHINUS MORIO FULIGINOSUS (Lesson). 

 SOOTY JAY, 



Similar to P. m. morio, but darker, especially the under parts, which 

 from the breast backward are deep sooty gray or grayish brown, 

 instead of whitish or pale brownish gray. 



Adult viaIe.—'LQngt\i (skins), 380-420 (386.4); wing, 190-217 (200); 

 tail, 190-224 (203); bill from nostril, 27-30 (28.3); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 16-17.5 (16.8); tarsus, 49-55 (51.8); middle toe, 31.5-35 

 (33.1).* 



Adult female.— h&ngth (skins), 380; wing, 190-198 (194); tail (one 

 specimen), 193; bill from nostril, 25-27 (26); depth of bill (one speci- 

 men), 16; tarsus, 49-49.5 (49.2); middle toe, 29-32 (30.5)." 



Southeastern Mexico, in humid districts of San Luis Potosi, 

 Hidalgo?, Vera Cruz (Pasa Nueva; Buena Vista), Chiapas (Guichicovi), 

 and Tabasco (Montecristo). 



Pica fuliginosa Lesson, Traits d'Orn., i, 1831, 333, part (descr. supposed adult; 

 Mexico). — PucHBRAN, Rev. et Mag. deZool., 1853, 550 (crit. ). — Hartlaur, 

 Journ. furOrn., 1855, 424 (crit.). 



(f) Psilorhinus morio (not Pica morio Wagler?) Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1869, 363, part (Atlantic tierra caliente?). — Sumichrast, Mem. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., i, 1869, 554, part (hot region of Vera Cruz). — Sharpe, Gat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., iii, 1875, 139, part. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, i, 1887, 505, part. 



« These specimens are in the collection of the U. S. National Museum, and ai-e 

 true P. morio. 



''Seven specimens, from Pasa Nueva, southern Vera Cruz. 

 "Two specimens, from Buena Vista, southern Yvni Cruz. 



