AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY 



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Jays. 



No. 478. Stellar's Jay, {Cyanocitta stelleri.') 



Pacific coast of North America from Alaska south- 

 wards. Length, II in. Head black, with the ex- 

 ception of a few blue feathers on the forehead. Neck, 

 breast and upper back, blackish, shading gradually 

 into the dark blue plumage of the rest of the body. 

 The deep blue of the secondaries and tail is crossed 

 by faint black bands. The Stellar group of Jays is 

 divided into several subspecies, none of which, in 

 life, can be separated. They can best be determined 

 from the locality in which they are seen. 



No. 478a. Blue-fronted Jay, (C 5. front- 

 alis.') 



Found on the southern coast ranges of the Pacific 

 Slope. 



No. 478c. Black-headed Jay, (C s. annec- 



tens.') 



Northern Rocky Mountains and west to eastern 

 Washington and Oregon. 



No. 483. Green Jay (Xanthoum luxuosa.) 



Valley of the Lower Rio Grande in Texas, and 

 eastern Mexico. Crown, nasal tufts, and patch 

 below the eye, bright ultramarine blue, being lighter 

 ■on the forehead and nasal tufts. Throat, side of 

 head and line through the eye, black. Under parts 

 greenish or yellowish white. Back, wings and tail a 

 decided greenish color shading to a rather bright blue 

 towards the end of the tail. The outer tail feathers 

 are yellowish. 



