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Cyanura macrolopha (not of Baird) Merriam, Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 

 688 (Teton Canyon, Idaho; Shoshone Lake, Wyoming). 



Cyanurus stelleri . . . var. macrolopha Yarrow and Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Spec. 

 Wheeler's Surv. 1872 (1874), 20 (Provo, Utah, Nov. 30).— Henshaw, Zool. Exp. 

 W. 100th Merid., 1875, 335, part (spec, from Provo Canyon, Utah, Nov. 30. 



[Cyanura stellei'i^ var. annectens Baird, in Baird, Brewer and Ridgway's Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 281, in text (Hell Gate, Montana; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ). 



Cyanocitta stelleri arinectens Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 

 184, 218; Norn. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 290b; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 

 593.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 229 (Fort Walla Walla, 

 Washington; crit. ). — Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 351. — American 

 Ornithologists' Union Committee, Suppl. to Check List, 1889, 11 (no. 478c) ; 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 478c. — Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 

 1890 141, (high mts. int. British Columbia; crit.). — Fannin, Check List 

 Birds Brit. Columbia, 1891, 32 (e. side Cascades; Rocky Mt. district). — 

 Merriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 5, 1891, 99 (Salmon R. Mts., Teton Basin, 

 etc., Idaho).— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 45, 63 (int. British 

 Columbia). ^ — Richmond and Knowlton, Auk, xi, 1894, 304 (Gallatin Basin, 

 Montana, 9,000 ft.).— Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895,369.— 

 Dawson, Auk, xiv, 1897, 177 (Okanogan Co., e. Washington). — Merrill, 

 Auk, xiv, 1897, 356 (Fort Sherman, n. w. Idaho). — Bruner, Rep. Nebr. 

 Hort. Soc. for 1896 (1898), 118 (Sioux Co., w. Nebraska, 1 spec, Apr., 

 1891) .—Brooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 106 (British Columbia, 40 miles from 

 coast). — Fisher (W. K.), Condor, iv, 1902, 41, 44 (crit.; geog. range). 



Clyanocitta'] s[telleri] annectens Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 422. — 

 " Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 273. 



C[^yanocitta'\ stelleri annectens Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 354. 



CYANOCITTA STELLERI DIADEMATA (Bonaparte). 

 LONG-CRESTED JAY. 



Similar to C. s. annectens, but lighter colored, with white super- 

 ciliary patch much larger (or else purer white), forehead more con- 

 spicuously streaked with bluish white, greater wing-coverts distinctly 

 barred with black, and the deep black crest very strongly contrasted 

 with the clear brownish gray (nearly mouse gray) of the back and 

 scapulars; rump, upper tail-coverts, and under parts of body light 

 glaucous-blue. 



Adult male.—ljength (skins), 287-305 (296); wing, 148-159.5 (153.5); 

 tail, 132.5-153 (142.5); exposed culmen, 27.5-29.5 (28.5); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 8-10 (9.5); tarsus, 41.5-45 (43.5); middle toe, 22.5-25.5 (24.5).« 



Adult female.— luength (skins), 279.5-297 (295.5); wing, 136.5-153 

 (145); tail, 122-141.5 (131); exposed culmen, 25.5-27.5 (26.5); depth of 

 bill at nostrils, 8-10 (9); tarsus, 40.5-43.5 (42); middle toe, 21.5-24 (23).* 



Rocky Mountain district of United States and Sierra Mad re of north- 

 western Mexico; north to northeastern Utah (Wasatch and Uintah 

 mountains) and southern Wyoming; west to Wasatch range and higher 

 mountains of Arizona; east to Colorado and New Mexico; south through 

 Mexican states of eastern Sonora and Sinaloa and w^esterii Chihuahua 



a Eight specimens. ^ Seven specimens. 



