BIRDS OF NOBTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 355 



Corvm stelleri (not of Gmelin) Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Can., i, 1832, 229 

 (Columbia R.).— Audubon, Orn. Biog., iv, 1838, 453, pi. 362, fig. 2 (Colum- 

 bia R.). 



Oarrulus stelleri (not of Vieillot) Audubon, Synopaia, 1839, 153. 



[Q/anMTOs] stelleri Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 4, no. 6088 (California). — Coues, 

 Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 165, part. 



Cyanura stelleri Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 581, part (Columbia R. ; 

 Fort Dallas, Cascade Mts., and Willamette Valley, Oregon; Petaluma, San 

 Francisco Co., Redwoods, and Monterey, California). — Cooper and Sucklby, 

 Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 214, part (Oregon). — Cooper, Orn. 

 Cal., 1870, 298, part; Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., 1875, 10 (Monterey, California).— 

 Baibd, Bkewek, and Ridqway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 277, part. 



IQ/anura stelleri} var. stelleri Baied, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, 

 ii, 1874, 272, part. 



[Oyanurus stelleri var. macrolophus'} a. stelleri. Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 214, 

 part (synonymy). 



Cyanocitta stelleri (not of Strickland) Newberry, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., x, 

 pt. iv, 1857, 85, part (northern California; Oregon). — (?) Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., iii, 1877, 108, part (California).— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, 

 no. 350, part. — Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 290, part.^AMERi- 

 CAN Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 478, part. — Townsend, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 211 (Humboldt Co., California).— Fisher 

 (A. K.), North Am. Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 68 (Monterey and San Francisco, 

 California). — Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 362, part, pi. 6, 

 fig. 9 (eggs). — Neheling, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 321, part. — 

 Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886, 166 (Washington Co., Oregon). — ^Mbrrii/L, Auk, v, 

 1888, 261 (Fort Klamath, Oregon).— Brewster, Auk, v, 1888, 261 (Fort 

 Klamath; crit. ). — Belding, Land Birds Pacific Distr., 1890, 109 (n. coast 

 California).— Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 272, 

 part. 



C[yanocilta\ stelleri Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 421, part. — Ridgway, 

 Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 353, part. 



Oyanodtta stelleri frontalis (not Oyanura stelleri var. frontalis Ridgway) Meaens, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv, Oct., 1879, 194 (Ft. Klamath, Oregon).— Bendire, 

 Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 365, part, pi. 5, fig. 10 (Santa Cruz, CaU- 

 fomia). 



Oyanodtta sltelleri'] frontalis Mailmard, Condor, ii, 1900, 64 (Marin Co., Cali- 

 fornia). 



Oyanodtta stelleri carbonacea Grinnell (J.), Condor, ii, Nov., 1900, 127 (Stevens 

 Creek Canyon, Santa Clara Co... California; coll. J. Grinnell). — Barlow, 

 Condor, ii, 1900, 132 (Los Gatos, Santa Clara Co., California). — Allen, Auk, 

 xviii, 1901, 174 (republication of orig. description). — Fisher (W. K.), 

 Condor, iv, 1902, 41, 44 (crit. ; geog. range) . — Bailey (Florence M. ), Handb. 

 Birds W. U. S., 1902, 273, footnote. 



CYANOCITTA STELLERI FRONTALIS Ridgway. 

 SIERRA NEVADA JAT. 



Similar to C. s. ca/rhonacea, but much lighter colored, and average size 

 decidedly less; head, neck, and upper chest deep hair brown (varying 

 to rather dark grayish brown), the pileum (including crest) darker 

 brown and often extensively tinged with blue; forehead usually more 

 extensively streaked with blue; back and scapulars hair brown, broc- 

 coli brown, or drab; rump, upper tail-coverts, and under parts of body 



