BIRDS OB' NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 355 



Corvvs .iteUeri (not of Gmelin) Nittaij,, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., i, 1832, 229 

 (Columbia R.).— Audi'uox, Orn. Biog., iv, 1838, 453, pi. .362, fig. 2 (Colum- 

 bia R.). 



Gamdiis stclJcri (not of Vieillot) AiDruox, Synopsi.s, 1839, 153. 



[CyanuniH'] tftelleri Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 4, no. 6088 (California). — Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 165, part. 



Cyaunra sfel/cvi Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 581, part ( Columbia R.; 

 Fort Dallas, Cascade Mts., and Willamette Valley, Oregon; Petalunia, Ran 

 Francisco Co., Redwoods, and Monterey, California). — Cooper and Sicki-ey, 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860,214, part (Oregon).— Cooper, Orn. 

 Cal., 1S70, 298, part; Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., 1875, 10 (Monterey, California).— 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 277, part. 



[_Cyannra stelleri] var. utellcri Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 

 ii, 1874, 272, part. 



l^C^anurus stelleri var. macrolophui(] a. stelleri Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 214, 

 part (synonymy). 



Cyanocitta stelleri (not of Strickland) Newberry, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, 

 pt. iv, 1857, 85, part (nortbern California; Oregon). — (?) Siiarpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., iii, 1877, 108, part (California).— Coues, Check Li.«t, 2d ed., 1882, 

 no. 350, part. — Ridgway, Noni. X. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 290, part. — Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 478, part. — Townsend, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 211 (Humboldt Co., California).— Fisher 

 (A. K.), North Am. Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 68 (Monterey and San Francisco, 

 California). — Bendire, Life Hist. N, Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 362, part, pi. 5, 

 fig. 9 (eggs). — Nehrling, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 321, part. — 

 Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886, 166 (Washington Co., Oregon). — Merrill, Auk, v, 

 1888, 261 (Fort Klamath, Oregon).— Brewster, Auk, v, 1888, 261 (Fort 

 Klamath; crit.).— Beldixg, Land Birds Pacific Distr., 1890, 109 (n. coast 

 California).— Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 272, 

 part. 



C[iiaiiocitt<(] stelleri Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 421, part. — Ridgway, 

 Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 353, part. 



CyaiKicittd stelleri frontalis (not Cyamira stelleri \ar. frontalis Ridgway) Mearns, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, Oct., 1879, 194 (Ft. Klamath, Oregon)'— Bendire, 

 Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 365, part, pi. 5, fig. 10 (Santii Cruz. Cali- 

 fornia). 



Cyanocitta sltelleri] frontalis Mailliard, Condor, ii, 1900, 64 (Marin Co., Cali- 

 fornia). 



Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacca Grinnell (J.), Condor, ii, Nov., 1900, 127 (Stevens 

 Creek Canyon, Santa Clara Co... California; coll. J. Grinnell). — Barlow, 

 Condor, ii, 1900, 132 (Los Gatos, Santa Clara Co., California) . — Allen, Auk, 

 xviii, 1901, 174 (republication of orig. description). — Fisher (W. K.), 

 Condor, iv, 1902, 41, 44 (crit. ; geog. range) .—Bailey (Florence M. ), Handb. 

 Birds W. U. S., 1902, 273, footnote. 



CYANOCITTA STELLERI FRONTALIS Ridgway. 

 SIERRA NEVADA JAY. 



Similar to C. -y. carhonacea ^ l)Ut luiuli liohtci-coloiod.aiKl avoragcsizo 

 decided!}' less; head, neck, ami upper chest deep hair brown (varying 

 to rather dark grayish brown), the piltnuu (inchiding- civst) darkor 

 brown and often oxtonsivoly tinocd with blue; t'oiclicad usually nioro 

 extensively streaked with bhie; back and scapulars hair biowii. broc- 

 coli brown, or drab; rump, iijjpci' laiI-co\ cits, and under parts of' Ixxlv 



