582 U. S&S. P. R. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
be the C. macrolophus, as shown by the whitish on the forehead and over the eye; the description, 
however, answers sufficiently well to C. stelleri. 
The Pica cyanochlora of Wagler, Syst. Av. 1827, No. 9, Pica, and the Graculus (error for 
Garrulus) melanogaster, Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. XII, 1817, 478, referred to this species by authors, 
do not answer at all to it. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. | Sex. Locality. When col- Whence obtained. Orig. Collected by— Length.| Stretch | Wing. 
No. lected. No. of wings. 
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844 fot Russian AMETICA:sccccse cece vee Sok. Bairdececcccc .| Wosnesjensky... a 
4448 }...... Cape Flattery, W.T.... Lieut. Lrowbyidge se seiajet||'e+ ss 0 [eens cniaiaaicenieess Sea 
SOOT: |tcieie sles Straits of Fuca, W. T... | Dr2 Coopers. cccssiecesivess|sccces|(c0csncnsiaceciacecieaee, seaviae nessisries|easemaiec|evaisacsa 
8369 | ...00. Fort Steilacoom, W. T......-.- | Dec. 26, 1854 | Gov. Stevens | 
ae | Neb. —, 1854| 20050 d0...,.c.:0080 
. April 28, 1856 
a |ecceeeccceees Dr. Cooper... 
.| Jan. 31, 1854 
«| Jan. 30, 1854 
a | :1834..0sesienes 
4380 |......| Fort Dalles, Oregon ....04 eeeeee | Jan, 7, 1855} Dr. Suckley 
4449 | ..... Cascade mountains .... -| Lieut. Williamson... 
4447 |...... Willamette valley... ccscecsess|eceeceeecveve:|seeees Ov. es cece cece 
5541 | GQ | Petaluma, Cal......seeee- art E. Samuels.......- 
4223 | cece San Francisco county, Cal..... | Winter °53-54 | R. D. Cutts . «ee 
3717| | Carmel, Redwoods, Cal........| Sept. 4s... W. Hutton ........ 
3718 Q Monterey, Cal... ..scccce -| May 12, 1847]...... Oss cece vccvcccccces 
Fort Tejon.. since tidsexGe VESCViicccclases cis 
8371 |. eeees St. Mary’s Mission, R. MOUNTAINS «0.0 eeeeeeeeee Gov. Stevens secevesesees eeeeee 
CYANURA MACROLOPHUS, Baird. 
Longe-crested Jay. 
Cyanocitta macrolopha, Barry, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. VII, June, 1854, 118. Albuquerque. 
? Garrulus stelleri, Swainson, F. Bor. Am. I, 1831, 294; pl. liv. The plate, probably, if not the description. Head 
waters of Columbia. Not Corvus stelleri of Gmelin. 
Sp. Cu.—Crest nearly twice the length of the bill. Tail moderately graduated ; the lateral feathers about .60 of an inch 
shorter than the middle. Fourth and fifth quills longest ; second shorter than the secondaries. Head all round, throat and fore 
part of the breast, black, the crest with a gloss of blue ; rest of back dark ashy brown with a gloss of greenish. Under parts, 
rump, tail coverts, and outer surfaces of primaries, greenish blue ; greater coverts, secondaries, and tertials, and upper surface 
of tail feathers, bright blue, banded with black ; forehead streaked with opaque white, passing behind into pale blue; a white 
patch over the eye. Chin grayish. Length, 12.50; wing, 5.85; tail, 5.85; tarsus, 1.70, (8351.) 
Hab.—Central line of Rocky mountains to table lands of Mexico. 
This species is very similar to the C. stelleri, but is readily distinguishable on comparison. 
The most striking peculiarities are the much longer and fuller crest, the streaks on the forehead 
white, not blue; and the white patch over the eye, not found at all in sfelleri. The head is 
much blacker; the crest feathers having also a gloss of blue, instead of opaque dark brown. 
The back is dusky bluish ash, not opaque brown. The chin is more gray; the blue of the 
breast extends further forward and is much less abruptly defined. The black bands on the 
wing feathers are more distinct, especially those on the greater coverts, which, obsolete in 
stelleri, are very conspicuous in the other. 
