. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 88 22. CALOCITTA. Calocitta, Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, p. 50 Cyauuvus, Bp. Consp. i. p. '?>S0 (18-JO, nee Stcains.) Type. C. foriiiosa. C. formosa. ^. ^ Head of Calocitta formosa. Range. Confined to Central America. Key to the Sjiecies. a. Under surface of body -white, -svith a crescentic band of dull blue across the chest; throat white; cheeks and ear-coverts white formosa, p. 88. h. Throat and fore neck black, with a malar patch of white washed with blue ; rest of under surface of body white ; cheeks and ear-coverts black colliei, p. 89. 1
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 88 22. CALOCITTA. Calocitta, Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, p. 50 Cyauuvus, Bp. Consp. i. p. '?>S0 (18-JO, nee Stcains.) Type. C. foriiiosa. C. formosa. ^. ^ Head of Calocitta formosa. Range. Confined to Central America. Key to the Sjiecies. a. Under surface of body -white, -svith a crescentic band of dull blue across the chest; throat white; cheeks and ear-coverts white formosa, p. 88. h. Throat and fore neck black, with a malar patch of white washed with blue ; rest of under surface of body white ; cheeks and ear-coverts black colliei, p. 89. 1. Calocitta formosa. Pica formosa, Sxoains. Phil. Mag. 1827, p. Pica bullockii, Wagler, Syst. Av. Pica, sp. 4. Garrula gubernatrix, Temtn. PI. Col. ii. pi. 4-36. Cyanurus formosus, Sivains. Faun. Birch, p. Calocitta bullockii. Gray, List Gen. B. 1841, p. 50; Hein. Th. i. p. Psilorhinus gubernatrix, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 308. Psilorhinus bullockii. Gray, t. e. p. 308. Cyanurus bullockii, Bp. P. Z. S. 1837, p. 115 ; id. Consp. i. p. 380 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 6. Calocitta formosa, Sel. ^ Salt. Lbis, 1859, p. 22 ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 145; Scl. ^- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 40; Later. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 285. Adult. General colour above bluish grey, brighter round the hinder neck and on the sides of the latter; wings more decidedly blue than the back, with a slight shade of greyish purple, especially on the innermost secondaries, which are also decidedly shaded with cobalt on the inner webs, the rest of the quills brownish on their inner. 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. [Birds]. London
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