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Young male. — Similar to the adult female. 



Immature male. — Variously intermediate in coloration between the 

 adult male and female, according to age. (The black wings and tail 

 are assumed before the blue appears.) 



Continental tropical America in general, from southern Mexico 

 (States of Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, etc.') to southeastern Brazil and 

 Bolivia; but in South America only east of the Andes; Cuba; Jamaica 

 (accidental?). 



(?) [Certhia] cayana Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 186 (based on Brisson, 

 Orn., iii, p. 636, pi. 23. fig. 2).— Gmbun, Syst. Nat., i, pt. i, 1788, 475.— 

 Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 293. 



\_Certhia] cyanea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, i, 1766, 188 (based on Certhia nigra 

 cseruleoque varia Edwards, Nat. Hist., ii, p. 114, pi. 264, fig. 1; Certhia bra- 

 dlierms cscrulea Brisson, Orn., iii, 628, pi. 31, fig. 5, etc.). — Gmelin, Syst. 

 Nat., i, pt. i, 1788, 483.— Latham, Index Orn., i, 1790, 291. 



Cosreba cyanea Viellot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xiv, 1817, 44; Enc. M6th., 1823, 

 610; Gal. Ois., i, 1834, 288, pi. 176.— Maximilian, Beitr. Naturg. Bras., iii, 

 1831, 761. — D'Orbigny and Lafkesnaye, Mag. de Zool. 1839 (Synop. Av, p. 

 24). — BuRMEisTER, Syst. Ueb. Th. Bras., iii, 1856, 150. — Sclater, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond., 1856, 140, 286 (David, Ohiriqui); 1857, 263 (Ega, upper Ama- 

 zons); Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 52 (Cayenne; Brazil; Amazons); Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 32 (s. Mexico to s. e. Brazil and Bolivia; Cuba).— 

 Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 266 (monogr.). — Taylor, Ibis, 

 1864, 81 (Trinidad); 1870, 836 (San Pedro, Honduraa); 1873, 260 (Sarayacu, 

 etc., e. Peru); 1879, 597. — Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, 

 179 (Sarayacu, e. Ecuador); 1867, 570 (Pard, lower Amazons), 749 (Eio 

 Huallaga, e. Peru); 1868, 166, 627 (Venezuela). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., ix, 1868, 97 (Costa Rica).— Finsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 561 

 (Trinidad).- Pelzeln, Orn. Bras., 1871, 25.— Salvin, Ibis, 1872, 315 (Chon- 

 tales, Nicaragua) ; 1885, 207 (British Guiana) ; Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 177 

 (Brazil; Trinidad; Guatemala) .—Lay aed, Ibis, 1873, 378. — Boucabd, Liste 

 Ois-Guat., 1878, 31.— Salvin and Godman, Ibis, 1879, 199 (Manaure, prov. 

 Santa Marta, Colombia, 2,700 ft.) ; 1880, 119 (Santa Marta) ; Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, i, 1886, 248.— Forbes, Ibis, 1881, 330 (Estancia, n. e. Brazil).— Tacza- 

 NOWSKi, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, 9 (Huambo, n. e. Peru); Cm. du 

 P6rou, i, 1884, 436.— Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,vi, 1883, 382 (Sucuyd, 

 Nicaragua) .—Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 53 (Cuba); Birds West Indies, 1889, 67 

 (do.). — Scott, Auk, x, 1893, 339 (near Kingston, Jamaica, 1 spec., May 17, 

 1890). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 435 (Volcan de Miravalles, Costa Eica). 



[Cterefia] cyanea Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 16. 



Nlectarinia^ cyanea Swainson, Birds Western Africa, ii, 1838, 141. 



Alrbelorhina'] cyanea Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 96 (Brazil). 



Arbelorhina cyanea Cabanis, in Schomburgk's Reis. Brit. Guiana, iii, 1848, 675.— 

 GuNDLACH, Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 290; Orn. Cuba, 1893, 105.— 

 RiDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 579 (Truxillo, Honduras).— Zble- 

 DON, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 108 (Las Trojas de Puntarenas, San 

 Jos6, Alajuela, Pozo Azul de Pirris and Monte Eedondo de San Jos^).— 

 Bbrlepsch, Journ. fiir. Orn., 1889, 295 (Yurimaguas, e. Peru). — Allen, Bull. 



^Among Mexican localities cited appears the Valley of Mexico; but since the species 

 is a bird of the tierra caliente, or true tropical districts, there is doubtless an error m 

 this case. 



