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Oyanura macrolopha (not of Baird) Mebeiam, Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 

 688 (Teton Canyon, Idaho; Shoshone Lake, Wyoming). 



Oyanwnis stelleri . . . var. macrolopha Yarrow and Henshaw, Eep. Om. Spec. 

 Wheeler's Surv. 1872(1874), 20(Provo, Utah, Nov. 30).— Henshaw, Zool. Exp. 

 W. 100th Merid., 1875, 335, part (spec, from Provo Canyon, Utah, Nov. 30. 



[Cyanura stelleri] var. annectens Baird, in Baird, Brewer and Ridgway's Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 281, in text ( Hell Gate, Montana; coll. U.S. Nat. Mus. ) . 



Oyanocitta stelleri annectens Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Aug. 24, 1880, 

 184, 218; Nom. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 2901; Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 

 593.— Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 229 (Fort Walla Walla, 

 Washington; crit.).— Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 1882, no. 351.— American 

 Ornithologists' Union Committee, Suppl. to Check List, 1889, 11 (no. 478c); 

 Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 478c.— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 

 1890 141, (high mts. int. British Columbia; crit.).— Fannin, Check List 

 Birds Brit. Columbia, 1891, 32 (e. side Cascades; Rocky Mt. district).— 

 Merriam, North Am. Fauna, no. 5, 1891, 99 (Salmon R. Mts., Teton Basin, 

 etc., Idalio).— Rhoads, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 45, 63 (int. British 

 Columbia). — Richmond and Knowlton, Auk, xi, 1894, 304 (Gallatin Basin, 

 Montana, 9,000 ft.).— Bendike, Life Hist. N.' Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 369.— 

 Dawson, Auk, xiv, 1897, 177 (Okanogan Co., e. Washington). — Merrill, 

 Auk, xiv, 1897, 356 (Fort Sherman, n. w. Idaho). — Becneh, Rep. Nebr. 

 Hort. Soc. for 1896 (1898), 118 (Sioux Co., w. Nebraska, 1 spec, Apr., 

 1891) .—Brooks, Auk, xvii, 1900, 106 (British Columbia, 40 miles from 

 coast). — Fisher (W. K.), Condor, iv, 1902, 41, 44 (crit.; geog. range). 



(^yanocMta] s{teUeri\ annectens Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 422. — 

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



Clyanocvtta] stelleri annectens Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 354. 



CYANOCITTA STELLERI DIADEMATA (Bonaparte). 

 LONO-CRESIED JAY. 



Similar to C. s. annectens, but lighter colored, with white super- 

 ciliary patch much larger (or else purer white), forehead more con- 

 spicuously streaked with bluish white, greater wing-coverts distinctly 

 barred with black, and the deep black crest very strongly contrasted 

 with the clear brownish gray (nearly mouse gray) of the back and 

 scapulars; rump, upper tail-coverts, and under parts of body light 

 glaucous-blue. 



Admit m«Ze.— Length (skins), 287-305 (296); wing, 148-159.5 (153.5); 

 tail, 132.5-153 (142.5); exposed culmen, 27.5-29.5 (28.5); depth of bill at 

 nostrils, 8-10 (9.5); tarsus, 41.5-45 (43.5); middle toe, 22.5-25.5 (24. 5). « 



Adult female.— Length (skins), 279.5-297 (295.5); wing, 136.5-153 

 (145); tail, 122-141.5 (131); exposedculmen, 25.5-27.5 (26.5); depth of 

 bill at nostrils, 8-10 (9); tarsus, 40.6-43.5 (42); middle toe, 21.5-24 (23).* 



Kocky Mountain district of United States and Sierra Mad re of north- 

 western Mexico; north to northeastern Utah (Wasatch and Uintah 

 mountains) and southern Wyoming; west to Wasatch range and higher 

 mountains of Arizona; east to Colorado and New Mexico; south through 

 Mexican states of eastern Sonora and Sinaloa and western Chihuahua 



a Eight specimens. * Seven specimens. 



