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478. Steller Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri). L. 13. /tas. 

 Crest, back and upper breast sooty brown; rump and 

 belly dark, (Antwerp) blue; forehead more or less 

 streaked with blue. Notes. Varied, usual call a loud, 

 harsh squawking; the bird is a mim'c and also a 

 whistler. 



Ranee. Pacific coast from Monterey, California, north to near 

 Cook Inlet, Alaska, including Vancouver Island. 



478a. Blue-fronted Jay (C. s. frontalis). Similar 

 to No. 478, but back paler, grayer, rump and belly 

 turquoise, forehead with more blue which sometimes 

 extends to the crest. 



Range. "Southern coast ranges and Sierra Nevada of California 

 and western Nevada, from Fort Crook south to northern Lower Cal- 

 ifornia." (A. O. U.) 



47 8 b. Long-crested Jay (C. 5. dtademata). Simi- 

 lar to No. 478, but paler, grayer above, blue turquoise, 

 as in No. 4783; :rest longer, the forehead with pale, 

 bluish white streaks; a white spot over the eye. 



Range. "Southern Rocky Mountains; north to southern Wyoming; 

 west to Ulntah Mountains, in eastern Utah, and the higher ranges of 

 northwestern Arizona; south to New Mexico." (Bendire.) 



478c. Black-headed Jay (C. 5. annectens). Be- 

 tween No. 478 and No. 478b. Forehead streaks, and 

 spot over eye much as in latter; color of body dark as 

 in former. 



Range. Northern Rocky Mountain region from northern Utah and 

 southern Wyoming north to Alberta and British Columbia. 



478d. Queen Charlotte Jay (C. 5. carlottce). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 478, but darker,sooty slate above, blue deeper. 



Ranee. Queen Charlotte Islands. British Columbia. 



483. Green Jay (Xanthoura luxuosa glaucescens] . 483 

 L. n. Ads. Crown and patches at side of throat 

 blue; oack, wings, and central tail-feathers green; 

 outer tail-feathers yellow; throat black, breast and 

 belly greenish yellow. Notes. Noisy and harsh often 

 suggesting certain of the Elite Jay's calls. 



Range. Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and south Into north- 

 eastern Mexico. 



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