ORDER TASSERES. 24I 



[B 433, C 233 a, R 287, C 348.] 

 Hab. California. 



Genus CYANOCITTA Strickland. 



Cyanocitta Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. 1845, 261. Type, Corvus 

 criitatus LiNX. 



477. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). 



Blue Jay. 



Corvus crista/us Li\N. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, ic6. 

 Cyanocitta cristata Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. 1845, 261. 



[B 434, C 234, R 289, C 349.] 



Hab. Eastern North America to the Plains, and from the Fur 

 Countries south to Florida and Eastern Texas. 



477 <7. Cyanocitta cristata florincola Coues. 



Florida Blue Jay. 



Cyanocitta cristata florincola Coues, Key, ed. 2, 1884, 421. 

 [B _, C - R -. C -.] 

 Hab. Florida. 



478. Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmel.). 



Steller's Jay. 



Corvus stelleri Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 370. 



Cyanocitta stelleri Stkicki.. Ann. N. Hist. XV. 1845, 261. 



[B 435, C 235, R 290, C 350.] 



Hab. Pacific coast of North America, from the Columbia River to 

 Sitka, and northern Coast Range in California. 



478 a. Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis (Ridgw.). 



Blue-fronted Jay. 



Cyanura stelleri var. frontalis Ridgw. Am. Journ. Sc. & Arts, 3d ser., 



V. Jan. 1873, 41- 

 Cyanocitta stelleri v^x . frontalis Boucard, Qat. Av. 1876, 279. 



[B — , C 235^, R 290 a, C 353.] 

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