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an adjoining tree, when it began to ascend by hopping from one Hmb to 



another, at the same time uttering a very perfect imitation of the squeaHng 



note of the Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo borealis), apparently for the purpose 



of preventing pursuit. 



On the 24th. of February, 1868, during a protracted period of extreme 



cold weather, with deep snows on the mountains, we observed a pair of 



these Jays in a shade-tree on one of the back streets of Carson City; but 



they appeared ill at ease so near the habitations of man, skulking about, as 



if afraid of being seen in town, and evidently anxious to return to their 



native woods. 



last of specimens. 



321, <? » ad.; El Dorado County, California. Presented by Mr. H. G. Parker. 

 12J-(»)-5i-4H-lJ-U-5^4g. 



322, i t ad.; El Dorado County, California. Presented by Mr. H. G. Parker. 

 125-(?)-G-45-14-U-5g-34. 



J-^/ ^itJ 328, (J arf.; Canson City, Nevada, November 27, 1867. 124— 17^— 6—41—1^—1 J 



f — 5| — 3J. Bill, tarsi, and toes, deep black ; iris, vandyke-brown. 



K^ A ^S''tf\ 5^<(3y( '^"'^' ^"''' i^^'^^^ ^^ preceding); Carson City, Nevada, Noveuiber 27, 1807. 12 — 



^"3^3 (> ^ ^"3^ 3 i>^ •^■^^' * '"^■' ^'^^^^^ ^'*y' Nevada, November 27, 1867. 12— 17^— 5f— 4/g— 1— 1^^ 



— 5 — 3. 

 S'3L'S7= ^3'^3i>' ^•l'''' (?«''•; Carson City, March 21, 1868. 12|— 18— 6— 5. Bill, tarsi, and toes, 



black ; iris, bister. 

 S'S ^ "So , 477, (t ad.; Carson City, March 30, 1868. 12—17^6—45. 



<- "^Z "^9 ^^'^' ^ *"'■' ^'"®°" *-''^J'' ^P'"'' ^''^' ^^^^- 13— 18g— 6J— 5J. Bill, tarsi, and toes, 



° 7 deep black ; iris, bister. [Type of var. /ron^aZw, Ilidgw., 1. c] 



498, 9 ad. (mate of preceding) ; Carson City, April 18, 1868. llj— 17^—5^^—43. 

 ^^34 ^^ [Type of viiT. frontalis, Ridgw., 1. c] 



Cyanura MACROLOPHA. 



liong:-ci'cste<l Jay. 



Cyanocitta macrolopha, Baird, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. PhiUid., 1854, 118. 



Gyanitra macrolophm, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 582; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1869, 



No. 436.— Cooper, Orn. Cal., I, 1870, 300. 

 Cyanura stelleri var. macrolopha, ALLEN, Bull. Mus. Zool., Ill, 1872, 178. — CouES, 



Key, 1872, 165, fig. 107 ; Check List, 1873, No. 235a.— B. B. & R., Hist. N. 



Am. Birds, II, 1874, 281, pi. xxix, fig. 3.— Denshaw, 1875, 335. 

 Cyanura coronata var. macrolopha, Ridgw., Am. Journ. Sci. and Arts, V, Jan., 



1873, 43. 



This more eastern representative of Steller's Jay was first met with 



