ULTRAMARINE JAY. 
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cave with a median ridge ; posterior aperture of nares linear, 8 twelfths 
long, with the edges papillate ; width of mouth twelfths. The tongue is 
9| twelfths long, emarginate and papillate at the base, flat above, horny 
toward the end, with the tip slit and lacerated. The oesophagus, a b c, 31 
inches long, 6 twelfths wide at the commencement, but suddenly tapering to 
3 twelfths. The lobes of the liver are very unequal, the right being 1 inch 
2 twelfths in length, the other 9 twelfths. The stomach, c d e, is very large, 
of a broadly elliptical, compressed form, 1 inch in length, 10 twelfths in 
breadth; its lateral muscles of considerable thickness, the left being 4 
twelfths ; the tendons large ; the epithelium very dense, tough, rugous, of a 
dark brown colour. It is filled with remains of insects and mineral sub- 
stances. The intestine, e f g h i. is 16£ inches long, from 4 twelfths to 
twelfths in width ; the cceca, h, 3 twelfths long, \ twelfth wide, and 1J 
inches distant from the extremity ; the cloaca, i, ovate, 8 twelfths in breadth. 
The trachea is 2 inches 5 twelfths long, considerably flattened toward 
the lower part ; its rings 56 in number, rather broad, and well ossified, 
with two additional dimidiate rings ; the bronchi of moderate size, with 12 
half rings. The lateral muscles are rather slender ; there are four pairs of 
inferior laryngeal muscles. 
The Trumpet-flower. 
Bignonia radicans. Pursh i Flor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 420. 
ULTRAMARINE JAY. 
Garrulus ultramarinus, Bonap. 
PLATE CCXXXII. — Adult Male. 
Although the Ultramarine Jay has been described by Mr. Swainson, in 
his Synopsis of the Birds of Mexico, under the name of Garrulus sordidus, 
I retain the specific name “ ultramarinus previously given by the Prince 
of Musignano. The only observations respecting its habits that I am 
aware have been made, are the following, for which I am indebted to my 
friend Thomas Nuttall. 
