BIBDS OF NOETH AND MIDDLE AMEEIOA. 357 



Oyanocitta steUeri frontalis Bidgway, Proo. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 

 184, 218; Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 290a.— Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, V, Apr., 1880, 98; Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 353.— Goss, Auk, 

 ii, 1885, 217 (descr. nest and eggs). — American Ornithologists' Union, 

 Check List, 1886, no. 478a.— Evermann, Auk, iii, 1886, 181 (Ventura Co., 

 California).— Townsbnd, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 211 (Mount Shasta, 

 California).— MoRCOM, Bull. Bidgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 46 (Bear Valley, 

 San Bernardino Co., California).— Emerson, Bull. 7, Cal. Ac. Sci., 1887, 422 

 (Volcano Mts., San Diego Co., California, resident). — Fisher, North Am. 

 Fauna, no. 7, 1893, 69 (Owens Lake, Walkers Basin, etc., California). — 

 Bendiee, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 365, pi. 5, fig. 10 (egg).— Grin- 

 NELL (J.), Pasadena Ac. Sci., Pub. ii, 1898, 31 (Los Angeles Co., California, 

 breeding).— Fisher (W. K.), Condor, ii, 1900, 137 (Mount St. Helena, 

 Napa Co., California); iv, 1902, 41, 42 (crit. ; geog. range). 



C[jyanocUta] s[teUeri] frontalis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 422. — 

 Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. TJ. S., 1902, 273. 



ClyanocUta'] steUeri frontalis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 354. 



Oyanocitta frontalis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, Mar. 20, 1879, 391 (Cala- 

 veras Co., California); 



Oyanocitta steUeri, §. frontalis Ridgway, Proc. XJ. S. Nat. Mus., i. Mar. 21, 1879, 

 422 (breeding in pine belt of Calaveras Co. from 3,000 ft. up; a few winter 

 in Sacramento Valley). 



CYANOCITTA STELLERI ANNECTENS Baird. 



BLACK-HEADED JAY. 



Similar to C. s. stdler% but with a distinct (though sometimes small) 

 elongated spot of grayish white immediately above the eye; streaks on 

 forehead (if present) paler blue or bluish white; chin and upper throat 

 more conspicuously streaked (the streaks grayish white rather than 

 gray); back and scapulars rather paler and grayer, and the blue of 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, and under parts of body paler and greener 

 (nearly verditer or china blue). 



Adndt male.— l^engih (skins), 292-305 (297); wing, 147-164.5 (154); 

 tail, 141-159.5 (148); exposed culmen, 25.5-28 (26.6); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 8.5-10 (9.5); tarsus, 42-43.2 (42.9); middle toe, 23-25.5 (24).« 



Adult female.— Length, (skins), 294.5-305 (299); wing, 147.5-150 

 (148.5); tail, 139-145(143); exposed culmen, 25-27.5 (26); depth of bill 

 at nostrils, 9-10 (9.5); tarsus, 41-43.5 (42.5); middle toe, 23-25 (24).* 



Eastern British Columbia and more northern Rocky Mountains in 

 general, south to eastern Oregon (Camp Harney), eastern Washington 

 (Walla Walla, etc.), Idaho, Utahi (Provo, November 30), Wyoming 

 (Shoshone Lake, September 7); accidentally to western Nebraska 

 (Sioux Co., 1 spec, April, 1891). 



Oarrulus steUeri (not Corvus steUeri Gmelin) Swainson and Richardson, Fauna 

 Bor.-Am., ii, 1831, 294, part, pi. 54 (headwaters Columbia R. ). 



Oyanura steUeri Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 581, part (St. Marys 

 Mission, Idaho); Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 435, part. — Bendire, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., 1877, 126 (Camp Harney, e. Oregon; descr. nest and 



«Five specimens. ^Four specimens. 



