Perching Birds Marked With Blue 



478. StellepJay {Cvamcitta sUllm). L. 13. ^^ds. 

 Crest, batk and upper breast sooty bruwn; rump and 

 belly dark, (Antwerp) blue; forehead more or less 

 Streaked with blue. Notes. Varied, u=;ual call a loud, 

 harsh sijuawkiog; the bird is a mini'c and alsu a 



whistler. 



Rang-e.— Pacific coast from Monterey. Caltfomla, north to near 

 ■Cook Inlet, Alaska, Incluiling Vancouver Island. 



478a. Blue-fronted Jay (C, s. frontalis). Similar 

 to No. 478, but bai_k paler, grayer, rump and belly 

 turquoise, forehead with more blue which sometimes 

 «xtends to the crest. 



Rang-e. — "Southern coast ranees and Sierra Nevada of California 

 and wsstern Nevada, from Fort Crook south to northern Lowsr Cal- 

 ifornia." (A. O. U.) 



478b. Long-crested Jay (C. s. diademata). Simi- 

 lar fo ^o. A7'&, I'ut p:iler, grayer above, blue turquoise, 

 .as in No. 478.1; :rest longer, the forehead with pale, 

 iluhh white streaks; a white spot over the eye. 



Range- — "Suutliern Ruclty Mountains; north tu suutht:rn Wyoming; 

 weil (u UlnUill Mi>ijiitajna. ici ta^tcrri Utali, a.uU {h*i lilfcll^^r ranges of 

 tiorlhwesleri^ Arizona; south lo New Mcalco.'* (Bendlre.) 



478c, Bfack-headed Jay (C. $. anmctim). Be- 

 tween No. 47S and No. 478b. Forehead streaks, and 

 spot over eye much as in latter; color of body dark as 

 in former. 



Range. — Northern Rocky Mountain region from northern Utah and 

 ■southern Wyoming north to Alberta and British Columbia. 



478d. Queen Charlotte Jay {C. i. tw/o/te). Sim- 

 ilar to N0.47S, but darker,sooly slate above, blue deeper. 



Ranee. — Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 



483. Green Jay [Xanthoura luxuosa glaimescens) . 

 L. II. Ads. Crown and patches at side of throat 

 "blue; oack, wings, and central tail-feathers green; 

 ■Outer tail-feathers yellow; throat black, breast and 

 bellv greenish yellow. Notes. Noisy and harsh Often 

 -suggesting certain of the Blue Jay's calls. 



Range. — LovjerRloGrantJe Valley. Texas, and south Into north* 

 «a.st«rn Mexico. 



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