(*ni:\ ID.K — TIIK C'KnWS. oyo 



wi*ll-iiiaik<Ml Mild (Nisily (Icfiiit'd races of oiio ]>riinitivc sporics, the j^riKlii- 

 tlnii liom one form in tin {){\u'v lu'iii;4 vi'iv n'jjfiilar, ami a^icein;; witli llie 

 }j;LMi('ial \ariation at lend. ml ujinii ;;i'nLi;rai»hi('al disliiltutinn. Thus, hci^iii- 

 iiiiiLj witli i'. sfiih ri, wt* have the aiiliTior jfait nt head and ImhIv, in- 

 ehidiii.u' iiit«'is(ii|.idar iciiinn, l»hi( k, wiihrnit any markings on the head. In 

 J'i'untnlis llie hack is h^htcr, and a j^lnssy Itlue shows on the hut'licad. 

 In nuiirohijiho the hhic ol' posterior parts invades the anterior, tini;i'inj,' tlieni 

 very decidedly, leavin;,' the jiead Mack, with a blue shade to the crest; 

 the forehead is j^lossed with liluish-white ; the upper eyelids liave a white 

 spot. Ill >,,rninita tlie hlue tiiiue is deeper, and ]>ervades the eiitiri* hody, 

 except tiie si»le of the head. The shade of hlue is «lillerent from nunro/oji/nf, 

 antl more like that of .shlhri; <//><(A;///((^<, intermediate in hahitat l»et\veen 

 i/wcroiopha and ivronalo, is also intermediate in colors. The tail hecomes 

 rather more even, and the hill more .^lender, as we proceed from stc/Irri to 

 cvruiuita. The bars on the seeuudary coverts l)ecome darker in the same 

 progression. 



Cyanura cristata, Swainson. 



BLUE JAT. 



C&rvus cristatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, (l(»tli ed.,) 17.')S, 106 : (12th vA.,) 1706, 157.— G.mi iin, 

 Syst. Xiit. I, 17S8, y6i». — Wilson, Am. Om. I, 180s, 2, pi. i, f. 1. lioN. Obs. 

 Wilson, 1824, No. 41. — Dorcniiv, (al). X. H. II, ls;]2, f.J, pi. vi. — An" Orn. 

 liiog. II, ls:J4, 11 ; V, 1831>, 47."), pi. eii. (hirrulus cristntns, " Vir.ii.LoT, Enrviloj). 

 890." — In. Diet. XI, 477. - n«»N. Syn, 1828, 58. — Sw. Y. Hoi.-Ain. II, 18^1, 2«J3. 



— ViKiLi.oT, (lah-ric, I, ls24, l»;(t, jd. lii. — Ari». Binls Am. IV, ll(t. ]»1. ccx-xxi. 



— Max. ('ul»aii. .1. 185S, VI, 192. I'iai cristata, Waci.i.i:, Syst. Av. 1827, Pica, Xo. «. 

 Ci/annrits crista f IIS, S\\.\i\si)S, V. iJor.-Am. II, is.'.l App. 4!t5. — BAiia>, Kiitls X. 

 Am. 1858, 580. — Samcki^s, 364. — Ai.i.kn, li. K. Fla. 21'7. Ci/aimna-a.!' cristatus, 

 liON. List, 1838. Cynnocitta. cristata, Stkk ki.anh. Ann. Maj^. X. H. Is4.'>. 2«!1. — 

 Cabani.s, Mils. Hein. 1851, 221. Ci/'i)imjarra/as cri.sfatas, IJun. (."onsji. 1850, 376. 



Sp. ('war. Ti-rst alxint one tliinl lonirer than tlic Mil. Tail nnirji uradnatod. Cfcnoral 

 polor aliovc lidit piirj)li>li-liliu': wintrs and lail-leatlitTs uitianiarinc-liliir : the .^ecoiidarios 

 and tcrtials. the irieatcr wintr-eovorts. an<l the exi>(»>('d .surtaee of the tail, shaijdy l-ainlcil 

 with blark and broadly tippeil with white, except on the central tail-teat her.<. iJemath 

 white: tinned with puiplish-hhio on tlie thfoat. and with hlnisli-brown on the si<K'S. 

 A hlaek crcisrent on the forepart of the breast, the horns passinfjr lorward and connect inij 

 with a liaU-collar on the back of the neck. A narrow liontal lin(> and loral resjion Maidv; 

 feathers on the Lase of the V)ill hlne, like the crown. Female rather dulliT in color, and 

 a little .cnialler. Lencrth. 12.25; wiiiL'. 5.0.'); tail. . '.7-'). 



HAn. Kastern North AnKMica. wc-^t to the Mi«=onri. Northeastern Texas (Dresser, 

 Ibis, 18G.5, 494). North to Red River and Moo.se Factory. 



Specimens from north of the Ignited States are lari]fer than more southern 



ones. A series of s)teciniens from Florida, hrouLrht hy ^Ir. Boardman, are 



(piite peculiar in some res))ects, and ]>rol>alily re])reseiit a local race resident 



there. In these Florida s[»ecimens the wing and tail are each an inch or 

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