292 SINGING BIRDS — OSCINES. 



Gymnokitta cyanocephala, Maximilian von Wied. 



MAXIMILIAN'S JAY. 



Gi/mnorhinns ri/miorcjihalus, Vr. Maximilian, Rcise in ilas innerc Noril Amcrika, II. 1841, 21. 



In. Voyage dans Am. liu Nord, 111.1843,290. — Gi/>niwl:illa rjanocrjihnlu, Vr.Mwi- 



MiLiAN, 1850. — BoNAPAKTE, Conspcctns, 18.50, 382. — Cassin, Illust. I. vi. IS.M, 1G.5; 



pi. xxviii. — Nkwiserky, Rep. P. 11. R. VI. iv. 1857, 83. — B.vikd, P. R. Rep. IX. 



Birds, 574. — Kexnerly, X. iv. 32. 

 Cijanocunix Casslnii, JI'Call, Pr. A N. Sc. V. .June, 1851, 21C. 



Sr. CiiAii. Wings considerably longer than the tail, and reaching to within an inch of 

 its til). Tail nearly even. General color dull blue, paler on the abdomen, the nuddle of 

 which is tinged with ash ; the head and neck of a much deeper and more intense blue, 





darker on the crown. Chin .ind fire jiart of the throat whiti:>h, streaked with blue. 

 Length, lU ; wing, b !I0 ; tail, 4. .50; tarsus, 1.50. 



Iliih. Rocky Mountains to the Sierra Nevada, California. 



This Ijird is cliietiy confined to the barren di.stricts ea.st of tlie Sierra Xe- 

 vada, where occasional groves of juniper constitute its favorite resorts. 

 According to Nevi'berry, tliey v^'ere numerous in flocks of twenty or tliirty 

 among tlie junipers along Des Chutes Eiver, Oregon, with the usual strag- 

 gling flight of the jays, chattering as they flew from tree to tree on tlieir 

 way to a stream to drink. Their note wlien flying or feeding was a fre- 

 quently repeated cd, (■(7, cd, usually soft and agreeable, but when disturbed 

 their cry was harsher. They were very shy, and only to be shot by lying 

 in wait for them. They fed on tlic berries of the juniper, and also the seeds 

 of the yellow-pine. 



Dr. Kennerly found tliem in New Mexico, in November, about the water- 



