Perching- Birds Marked With Blue 



478. Steller Jay (Crauocitta stelleri). L. 13. Ads. 

 Crest, back and upper breast sooty brown; rump and 

 belly dark, (Antwerp) blue; forehead more or less 

 streaked with blue. Notes. Varied, usual call a loud, 

 harsh squawking; the bird is a mim'c and also a 

 whistler. 



Range. — Pacific coast from Monterey, California, north to near 

 Cook Inlet, A|aska, including Vancouver Island. 



478a. Blue-fronted Jay (C. s. frontalis). Similar 

 to No. 478, but back paler, grayer, rump and belly 

 turquoise, forehead with more blue which sometimes 

 extends to the crest. 



Range. — "Southern coast ranges and Sierra Nevada of California 

 and western Nevada, from Fort Crook south to northern Lower Cal- 

 ifornia." (A. O. U.J 



478b. Long-crested Jay (C. 5. diademata). Simi- 

 lar to No. 478, but paler, grayer above, blue turquoise, 

 as in No. 478a; :rest longer, the forehead with pale, 

 bluish ■white streaks; a white spot over the eye. 



Range. — "Southern Rocky Mountains; north to southern Wyoming; 

 west to Uintah Mountains, in eastern Utah, and the higher ranges of 

 northwestern Arizona; south to New Mexico." (Bendire.) 



478c. Black-headed Jay (C. s. annedens). Be- 

 tween No. 478 and No. 478b. Forehead streaks, and 

 spot over eye much as in latter; color of body dark as 

 in former. 



Range. — Northern Rocky Mountain region from northern Utah and 

 southern Wyoming north to Alberta and British Columbia. 



47 8d. Queen Charlotte Jay (C. s. carlottce). Sim- 

 ilarto No. 478, but darker, sooty slate above, blue deeper. 



Ranee. — Queen Charlot'e Islands, British Columbia. 



483. Green Jay {Xanthoma luxuosa glaucescens) . 

 L. 11. Ads. Crown and patches at side of throat 

 blue; oack, wings, and central tail-feathers green; 

 outer tail-feathers yellow; throat black, breast and 

 belly greenish yellow. Notes. Noisy and harsh often 

 suggesting certain of the Blue Jay's calls. 



483 



Range. — Lower Rio Grande Valley, 

 eastern Mexico. 



Texas, and south Into north- 



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