Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico Oct. 21 Alvarez specimen was a lone bird. The Diaz report them in small flocks but this may not have been so. Helfego had a habit of calling any jay we couldn't see an "urraca cabeza negra". My second guide says the "negra" occurs with the flocks of "azul", but I don't know where he got this info. Calocitta formosa is not too uncommon in the Santa Rita region, is common at San Fernando and at San Pedro Muniz (personal observation). My guide reported it at Sokeapa. Alvarez says they become rarer the farther you go toward the lowlands to the northwest of Santa Rita. Psilorhinus is reported from Santa Rita (by Alvarez: a few flocks), San Pedro Muniz (by Enrique Lopez; but not ase. to my second guide) and at Santa Cruz (Helfego and second guide). I saw none in the mountains so it must be rare or it occurs there only at certain seasons. It is common at Quechula and in the lowlands to the north. Second guide reported it present in the rain forest between San Pedro Muniz and Santa Cruz during "drier seasons". (2) No large jays present in the "rain forest" east of the Santa Rita area - Proof: 1) My own trip through the forest, 2) my experience hunting around Santa Rita, 3) Alvarez's failure to find jays during several trips to this forest, including one for 10 days and