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and Northeast Bay) ; British Columbia (Flood Glacier, Poison Moun- 

 tain, Parsnip River, Moose River, and Yoho Park) ; and Montana (Mc- 

 Donald Lake and Big Snowy Mountains). East to central Montana 

 (Big Snowy Mountains) ; Wyoming (Yellowstone Park and Torring- 

 ton) ; central Colorado (Fort Collins and Colorado Springs) ; New 

 Mexico (Halls Peak, Capitan Mountains, and Guadalupe Mountains) ; 

 western Texas (Guadalupe Mountains and Davis Mountains) ; Chi- 

 huahua (Tomochic and Pinos Altos) ; Durango (La Cienaga de las 

 Vacas and Arroyo del Buey) ; Veracruz (Mirador and Orizaba) ; Hon- 

 duras (Seguatepeque and San Juancito) ; and southeastern Nicaragua 

 (Grey town). South to Nicaragua (Grey town) ; El Salvador (Chala- 

 tenango) ; and Guatemala (Tecpam and Volcan de Fuego). West to 

 western Guatemala (Volcan de Fuego and Quelzatenango) ; western 

 Oaxaca (Cieneguilla) ; western Sonora (Sonoyta) ; casually northern 

 Baja California (San Pedro Martir Mountains) ; western California 

 (Palomar Mountains, Santa Barbara, Santa Lucia Mountains, San 

 Geronimo, and Turner) ; w^estern Oregon (Pinehurst, Prospect, and 

 Dayton) ; western Washington (Camas, Grays Harbor, and Seattle) ; 

 western British Columbia (Nootka Sound and Massett) ; and Alaska 

 (Baranof Island, Sitka, and Lake Aleknagik). 



The range as outlined is for the entire species, which has been sepa- 

 rated into eight currently recognized geographic races. The northern 

 part of the range along the Pacific coast (except the Queen Charlotte 

 Islands) is occupied by the typical race (Cyanocitta s. steUeri) from the 

 Alaskan Peninsula south, probably to northwestern Oregon ; the Queen 

 Charlotte jay (C. s. carlottae) is found only on the Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, British Columbia ; the coast jay (C. s. carhonacea) occupies the 

 coastal zone from northern Oregon south to the Santa Lucia Mountains 

 and Napa Valley in California; the blue-fronted jay (C. s. jronfalis) 

 is found from the Mount Shasta region of northeastern California, south 

 through the Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino Mountains to northern 

 Baja California; the black-headed jay (C. s. annectens) occurs in eastern 

 British Columbia and south through the Rocky Mountains to Wyoming, 

 Idaho, and casually northern Utah ; the long-crested jay (C. s. diadcmata) 

 is the form found in the Rocky Mountain system from northern Utah 

 and southern Wyoming south to central Mexico ; the Aztec jay (C. s. 

 asteca) is found in south-central Mexico; and the blue-crested jay (C. s. 

 coronata) occurs from southern Mexico south to Nicaragua. 



The Nevada crested jay (percontatrix) is found in the Sheep and 

 Charleston Mountains, Clark County, Nevada. 



Casual records. — Among the cases where Steller's jays have been re- 

 corded outside the normal range are the following: There are a few 



