BIRDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMEKIOA. 337 



APHELOCOMA TEXANA Ridgway. 

 TEXAN JAY. 



Similar in coloration of upper parts to A. cyanotis, but white super- 

 ciliary line more developed and back slightly paler and less bluish 

 gray; in coloration of under parts much paler than A. cyanotis, and 

 closely resembling in this respect A. sumichrasti, the chest being 

 equally devoid of distinct blue streaks and the breast of the same pale 

 grayish brown, this color, however, extending farther backward, 

 especially along the sides; smaller than either A. cyanotis or A. 

 sumichrasti, except bill. 



Young. — Similar to the young of A. sumichrasti, but gray of 

 upper parts purer and moi"e uniform, that of the pileum quite concolor 

 with that of the back, instead of being considerabh^ darker. (Much 

 whiter below than young of A. woodhouseii.) 



Adult male.— hength (skins), 274.5-294.5 (285); wing, 131.5-135.5 

 (133.5); tail, 145-147(146); exposed culmen, 26.5-28.5 (27.5); depth of 

 bill at nostrils, 9.5; tarsus, 40-41 (40.5); middle toe, 20.5-22.5 (22).« 



Adidt female—Length (skins), 277-292 (289.5); wing, 122.5-130 

 (126); tail, 127-141 (133.5); exposed culmen, 25.5-26.5 (26); depth of bill 

 at nostrils, 9-9.6 (9.4); tarsus, 38-41 (39.5); middle toe, 20-22 (21).* 



Southwestern Texas, from Concho and Kerr counties west to the 

 Davis Mountains (Alpine, Fort Davis, Paisano, etc.). 



Aphelocoma woodhousei (not Cyanociita woodhouseii Baird) Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 

 290 (Concho and Tom Green counties, w. Texas). 



Aphelocoma cyanotis (not of Ridgway) Fisher, Auk., xi, 1894, 327 (Paisano, 

 Brewster Co., w. Texas, breeding). — Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 

 1895, 382, part, in footnote (Edwards and Kerr counties, Texas; crit.). — 

 American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 

 480.1, part; Auk, xii, 1895, 165, excl. syn. 



Aphelocoma te.xaiM Ridgway, Auk, xix, Jan., 1902, 70 (near head of Nueces River, 

 Edwards Co., Texas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union Committee, Auk, xix, 1902, 321 (Check List no. 480.2). — Bailey 

 (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 275. 



APHELOCOMA GRISEA Nelson. 



BLTJE-GRAY JAY. 



Similar to A. texana, bat coloration much paler above, less brown- 

 ish gray below, and with bill and feet decidedly more slender; blue of 

 upper parts pale grayish cerulean, instead of azure; back, scapulars, 

 and rump smoke gray, tinged with pale grayish blue; breast, etc., 

 pale smoke gray. 



Adndt female.— h&ngih (skin), 275; wing, 134; tail, 139; exposed 

 culmen, 25; depth of bill at nostrils, 8; tarsus, 38; middle toe, 20.5. 



aThree specimens. ^Four specimens. 



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