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not known in Siberia; and one, in particular, described by Catesby 

 under the name of the Blue Jay.^ Mr. William Bartram informs 

 me, that they are numerous in the peninsula of Florida, and that 

 he also found them at Natchez, on the Mississippi. Captains Lewis 

 and Clarke, and their intrepid companions, in their memorable ex-^ 

 pedition across the continent of North America to the Pacific ocean^ 

 continued to see Blue Jays for 600 miles up the Missouri.! From 

 these accounts it follows, that this species occupies, generally or 

 partially, an extent of country stretching upwards of 70 degrees 

 from east to west, and more than 30 degrees from north to south; 

 tho, from local circumstances, there may be intermediate tracts in 

 this immense range which they seldom visit. 



^ See Steller's Journal apud Pallas. f This fact I had from captain Lewis. 



