Xanthura (zanthu ra)

[NL. (Sclater, 1862, after Xanthoura, Bonaparte, 1850), birds vie with any of the blue jays in color, and are of very unusual hues for this group. The species named is yellowish-green, bright-yellow, greenish-blue, azure-blue, jet black, and hoary-white in various parts; it is not crested. Rio Grande Jay ( Xanthura luxuosa). The length is 11 or 12 inches, the extent 141 to 154. It nests in bushes, and lays usually three or four eggs of a greenish-drab color marked with shades of brown. Another and still more richly colored species is the Peruvian jay, X. yncas. xanthuria (zan-thū'ri-ä), n. Same as xanthi nuria.