CORVID^ — THE CROWS — CYANOCITTA. 



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Genus CYANOCITTA, Strickland. 



Cyanocilta, Strickland, Aunals aud Mag. N. H. XV. 1845, 260. (Type, Garrulus Califor- 



nicus, Vigors.) 

 Aphclocoma, Cabani-S, Mus. Ilcin. 1851, 221. {Same type.) 



Gen. Char. Head without crest. Wings and tail blue, without any bands. Back 

 with a gray patch, diiferent from the head. Bill about as broad as high at the base, and 



C. CalifoTnica. 



the culmen a little shorter than the head. Nostrils large, nearly circular, and concealed. 

 Tail shorter or nearly equal to the wings, lengthened, graduated. 



C. Californica. 



Of this genus there are several species, all belonging to the southern por- 

 tions of the United States and Northern Mexico ; one of these, the Florida 

 jay (6'. Floridana), is confined at the present time to the peninsula of 

 Florida. It is (|uite similar to tlie California jay, although smaller. 



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