fiTBDS 01? NORTH AND MIDDLE AMEKICA. 309 



A"n)///)!(i'(( Ziij.-urwa SnARPE, Cat. Bii'dH Brit. l\[us., iii, 1877, Ki2, partiTcxasj. — 

 Mereii.i,, Proc. U, S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 136 (Fort Brown, Texas; hahite, 

 etc.). — Sbnnett, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Cieog. Surv., iv, 1878, 29 (Browns- 

 ville and Hidalgo, Texas; habits, descr. nest and eggs, measurements, etc. ) ; 

 Y, 1879, 400 (Lomita, Texas; habits, etc.) — Solater, Ibis, 1879, 88, part 

 (crit. ). — RiDGWAY, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 296. — Salvin and Goioian, 

 Biol. Centr.-Aiii., Aves, i, 1887, 502, part (Rio (rrande Valley; San Diego, 

 Nuevo Leon). 



{XantJioura'] ynam var. huaosa CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 166. 



Xanthoura yncas . . var. luxuosa C'oues, Check List, 1873, no. 238. 



Xanthoura luxuosa var. luxu,osa Ridchyay, Am. Journ. Sci., iv, Dec, 1872, 456, 

 part. 



Xanthura yncas var. hi.ruo-m ilEHEiLL, Bull. Xutt. Orii. Club, i, Now, 1876, 89 

 (near Hidalgo, Texas; descr. nest and eggs). 



Xanthoura incas, var. lumwsa Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. .\m. Birds, 

 ii, 1874, 295, part. 



[Cyanocoraxi Z«;r«osus Sclater and Salvix, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 39, part. 



[Cyanocorax yncas.^ A^ar. 5. hi.mosa Dttrois, Bull. Ac. Roy. Belg., 2"'° ser., 

 xxxviii, 1874, 493, part (Texas). 



Xanthura luxuriosa Coves, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 358. 



Xlanihura} luxuriosa Coiies, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 424. 



Oyanocorax yncas (not Corrim yncas Boddaert) Lawrence, Ann. Lyo. X. Y., v, 

 1852, 115 (Texas) . 



Xanthoura luxuosa glaucesccns Ridgway, Auk, xvii, Jan., 1900, 2.S (Fort Brown, 

 Texas; coll. U. S, Nat. Mus.). — American Ornithologists' Lniox Commit- 

 tee, Auk, xviii, 1901, 302. —Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 

 1902, 277. 



XANTHOURA LUXUOSA VIVIDA Ridgway. 

 TEHITANTEPEC GREEN JAY 



Similar to JT. I. linnio^i, but larger (especially the bill); under tail- 

 coverts pure yellow or but slightly tinged with green (instead of 

 wholly light green); coloration in general brighter; white of forehead 

 more extended and often tinged with yellow. 



Adult male.— Ijength (skins), 275.5-297 (289); wing, 118-131 (122); 

 tail, 132.5-153.6 (141.5); exposed culmen, 27-29 (28); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 10.5-13 (11.5); tarsus, 36-42.5 (39.5); middle toe, 20.5-24 

 (22.5)." 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 256.5-285 (276.5); wing, 114-123 

 (119.5); tail, 122.5-143 (135); exposed calmen, 25.5-26.5 (26); depth 

 of bill at base, 10-12 (10.5); tarsus, 37-40 (38.5); middle toe, 20-21.3 

 (20.3).* 



Southwestern Mexico, in States of Oaxaca (St. Efigenia; Cacoprieto; 

 Pluma; Santo Domingo), Guerrero^, Michoacan?, Chiapas (Guichi- 

 covi),*^ and northwestern Guatemala (Nenton). 



« Ten specimens. 

 6 Five specimens. 



" No specimens have been examined from the States of Guerrero and Michoacan, 

 but two examples from the Sierra Madre of Colima (collected by Xantus), though 



