GAURULJKil". 
Wings rounded, with the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills the longest. Tail lengthened and rounded. 
Tarsi moderate, longer than the middle toe. Toes strong, with the lateral ones equal ; the hind toe 
long and strong ; the claws strong and curved. 
The New World is the peculiar abode of these showy birds, where they live in societies in the forests, being rarely 
seen in the open plains, and are very active, hopping from branch to branch in search of their food, which consists o 
seeds, insects, and eggs of birds. Sometimes they seek the cultivated tracts of land, to plunder them of the fruits, c c. 
Like the common Jay they attack and devour young birds. The manners of the typical species are bold and tyranmea , 
and they possess great talent for mimicry, copying the notes and cries of quadrupeds and birds with equal facility. 
This species also forms hoards of food for the winter season. Their nests are placed in shady trees, usually of large 
dimensions ; they are formed of twigs, and lined interiorly with dry fibrous roots, &c. The female generally deposits 
from four to six eggs. 
1) C. cristatus (Linn.) Boie, PI. enl. 529-, Audub. Birds of 
Amer. pi. X0£>., Wils. Amer. Orn. pi. 1. f. 1., Le Vaill. Ois. de Par. 
t. 45. 
2. C. Stelleri (Gmel.) Pr. Bonap. Amer. Orn.pl. 13. f. 1., Faun. 
T*oi. Amer. Birds, pi. 54., Audub B. of Amer. pi. 362. f. 2. 
3. C. coronatus (Swains.) Phil. Mag. 1827. p. 437-, Jard. & 
Selby’s Orn. pi. 64. 
4*. C. melanogaster (Vieill.) N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xii. 478., Le 
Vaill. Ois. de Par. t. 44. — Pica cyanocldora Wagl. 
5 ■ V'. cyanoleucm (Pr. Max.) PI. col. 193. — Corvus splendidus 
Lidit. , C. cristatellus Ternm. ; C. tricolor Mihail. 
d- C. pileutus (Temm.) PI. col. 58. — Pica chrysops Vieill 
Azara No. 53. 
1 ' C. cay anus (Linn.) PI. enl. 373. — Pica albicapilla Vieill.', 
P - larvata Wagl. 
8 - C. cyanopogon (Pr. Max.) PI. col. 169- 
9- C. } ucas (Bodd.) PI. enl. 625. — Corvus peruvianus Gmel. Le 
t aill. Ois. de Par. t. 46 . ; Pica chloronotos Wagl. ; Garrulus luxuosus 
Less. 
IP- C. viridicyanus (D’Orb. & Lafr.) Voy. dans l’Ame'r. Mend. 
° is - 1. 53. f. i. 
11. C. sanblasianus (Lafr.) Mag. de Zool. 1843. t. 28., Neboux, 
Rev. Zool. 1840. p. 290. , „ 
12. C. azureus (Temm.) PI. col. l68. — Pica cserulea Vieill. 
13. C. Beecheii (Vigors), Zool. Journ.iv. 353., Zool. of Beechey s 
Voy. p. 22. pi. 6., Mag. de Zool. 1837- Ois. t. 72. 
14. C. Ultramar inus (Pr. Bonap.) Am. Orn. ii. p. 62., PI. col. 
439. — Garrulus sordidus Swains. Zool. Ill- n. s. pl. 86., Audub. B. 
of Amer. pl. 362. f. 3. ; G. californicus Vigors, Zool. of Beechey s 
Voy. pl. 5. 
15. C. ccerulescens (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xii. p. 480. — 
Corvus floridanus Say, Journ. Philad. 1. 347., Pr- Bonap. Amer. 
Orn. pl. 14. f. 1.; Garrulus cyaneus Vieill., Audub. B. of Amer. 
pl. 87. 
16. C. mystacalis (G. S.) Mag. de Zool. 1835. Ois. t. 3 . 
17. C. cyanomelas (Vieill.) N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. xii. p. 127. 
Azara No. 54. — Pica cyanomelana Wagl. 
18. C. Sieberii (Wagl.) Syst. Avium, Pica sp. 23. 
19. C. ornata (Less.) Rev. Zool. 1839- P- 41. 
20. C. melanocyaneus Hard. Rev. Zool. 1844. 215. 
21. C. armillatus G. R. Gray. 
PSILOBHINUS Rupp.* 
Bill Strong, long, with the oilmen curved to the tip, which is unemarginated ; the sides compressed, 
the lateral margins slightly curved, and the gonys long and ascending; the nostrils basal, lateral, 
founded, partly closed by a membrane, and the opening slightly concealed by a few slender ] 
Wings long, with the third, fourth, and fifth quills the longest. Tail lengthened, and more or less 
graduated. Tarsi strong, longer than the middle toe, and scutellated. Toes long, the lateral ones 
unequal ; the hind toe long and strong ; all the claws curved and acute. 
These fine bind, are found in Columbia, Mexico, and the continent of Ind.a The As., -pec ms 
and is often observed flitting from branch to branch in search of food. It has been recorded that one kept capt„ .ty 
ferociously pounced upon living birds, and eagerly devoured them, and that ,t refused other kinds of food. 
* This division was originally established by Dr. Riippell, under ibeaboie name, in 1857 
the name of Cyanurus ; but, that word having previously been used by r - wamso , 
In 183S, the Piince of Canino employed 
1841 proposed in its place Catocitta. 
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