. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 2G. rEKisoKKrs. 103 2G. PERISOREUS. Type. Perisoreus, Bp. Camp. List B. Eur. ^- N. Amer. p. 27 n838) r*- infaustus. Dys(n-uithia, Swains. Faun. ;T. Birds, p. 2it(3 P. canadensis. (1831). Head of Perisoreus infaustus. Baivje. Northern Europe, across Northern Asia to Saghalien North America. Keij to the Species *. a. Tail rufous, the middle feathers only grey; forehead brown ; sides of neck greyish .." infaustus, p. 103. b. Tail grey, tipped with white; forehead and sides of neck whitish. «'. Dusky nuchal hood plumbeous black, and re


. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 2G. rEKisoKKrs. 103 2G. PERISOREUS. Type. Perisoreus, Bp. Camp. List B. Eur. ^- N. Amer. p. 27 n838) r*- infaustus. Dys(n-uithia, Swains. Faun. ;T. Birds, p. 2it(3 P. canadensis. (1831). Head of Perisoreus infaustus. Baivje. Northern Europe, across Northern Asia to Saghalien North America. Keij to the Species *. a. Tail rufous, the middle feathers only grey; forehead brown ; sides of neck greyish .." infaustus, p. 103. b. Tail grey, tipped with white; forehead and sides of neck whitish. «'. Dusky nuchal hood plumbeous black, and reach- ing forward to, or in front of, the eyes. a". Dorsal feathers without any whitish shafts in old and young ' canadensis, p. 104. *". Dorsal feathers with whitish shafts in both old and yoimg obscurus, p. 105. b'. Dusky nuchal hood bluish plumbeous, not reach- ing to the eyes capitab's, p. 1C6. 1. Perisoreus infaustus. Lanius infaustus, Linti. S. N. i. p. 138. Geai de Sib(5rie, Month. PI. Enl. iii. pi. GOB. Siberian Jay, Lath. Gen. Si/n. i. pt. i. p. 391. Corvus sibiricus, Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 37 ; Gm. S. N. i. p Corvus infaustus, 5/3a>7-w. Mus. Carls, iv. pi. 76; Tenwi. Ma i. p. 115 : Werner, Atlas, Oninivores, pi. 9. Corvus russicus. Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat. i. p. 395. Garrulus infaustus, VieilL N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xii. p. 478; Naum Vog. Deutschl. ii. Taf. 350; Gould, B. Eur. iii. pi. 215; Schl. u. Su- 373. ^an. d'Orn. * The characters of the American species are derived from the great work on Nortli-American Birds by Messrs. Buird, Brewer, and Ridgway. Specimens of all tbree are in tlie Museum ; but tlie characters seemed to be so well expressed that I could not improve upon Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology


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