330 BTTLLETIN r><), TINTTED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Cormis idtramarinus (not of Bonaparte) Audubon, Orn. Biog., iv, 1838, 456, 



pi. 362. 

 Oarrulus ultramarinus (not of Temminck) Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, 154; Birds 



Am., oct. ed., iv, 1842, 115, pi. 232. 

 Garrulus floridanus (not Corvus Jloridaims Bonaparte) Schlegel, Mas. Pays-Bas, 



Coraces, 1867, 64, part (Fort Tejon, California; "I'Amerique Russe"). 

 Aphelocoma californica mmam.s Grinnell (J. ), Auk, xviii, Apr., 1901, 188 (Seio, 



Oregon; coll. J. Grinnell). 



APHELOCOMA CALIFORNICA OBSCURA Anthony. 

 BELDING'S JAY. 



Similar to A. c. californica, but smaller (except bill) and darker; 

 back deep brownish mouse gr&j, the blue parts of a deeper hue; under 

 parts of the body decidedly gray for the anterior half, only the lower 

 abdomen and anal region being distinctly white; under tail-coverts 

 usually strongly tinged with grayish blue. 



Adult onale.— Length (skins), 266.5-287 (2T3); wing, 122-125 (123); 

 tail, 128-142 (136); exposed culmen, 26.5-29.5 (27.5); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 9.6; tarsus, 38-41.5 (40); middle toe, 20-21.5 (20.5). « 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 259-270.5 (265.5); wing, 116.5-119.5 

 (118); tail, 124.5-133 (127); exposed culmen, 25-26 (25); depth of bill 

 at nostrils, 8.5-9 (9); tarsus, 38.5-43.5 (41); middle toe, 19.5-21 (20).^' 



Southern coast district of California, north and east to San Fernando, 

 San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains; northern Lower Califor- 

 nia, as far as San Pedro Martir mountains. 



C'yanocitta californica (not Garrulus ccdifornicus Vigors) Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. 

 Surv., ix, 1858, 584, part (San Pasqual, San Diego Co., California); Rep. 

 U. S. and Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, 20, part (do.); Cat. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 437, part.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 302, part (San Diego).— 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 288, part. 



[Apheloco)n(i floridana.} Var. californica Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 166, 

 part. 



Aphelocoma floridana . . . var. calif ornica Coves, Clieck List, 1873, no. 2366. 



[Aphelocoma floridana var. moodhotisei.} c. californica Covks, Birds N. W., 1874, 

 319, part (in synonymy). 



Aphelocoma floridana californica Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 356, part. 



Alphelocoma^ flloridamx^ californica Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 

 424, part. 



Aphelocoma californica Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 293, part. — 

 American Ornithologists' LTnion, Check List, 1886, no. 481, part. — Mor- 

 COM, Bull. Ridgw.Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 47 (San Bernardino Valley, up to 

 8,000 ft.).— Emerson, Bull. Cal. Ac. Sci., no. 7, 1887, 422, 426 (Volcano.Mts. 

 and Poway, San Diego Co., California; crit. ). — Belding, Land Birds Pacific 

 Distr., 1890, 110, part (San Bernardino and San Diego counties). — Merriam 

 (Florence A.), Auk, xiii, 1896, 120 (San Diego Co.; habits).— Bailey (Flor- 

 ence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 275, part. 



« Six specimens. '' Five specimens. 



