steller’s jay. 
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Gnielin .L'i -ffenera; tut the additions made to it by 
every new & • m V en< lered it an utter chaos, where 
defiance of ti?° eS "'. tb a stout hill took its place, in 
eumstances 6 characters. Under such cir- 
to be g'nifi. i , e ,. v °> the ornithologist, who professed 
not merelv t„L P , u > ? < ?P h,cal principles was, doubtless, 
nation. ili i(r SU ™e,>t to make an entire refor- 
Ihe evil " ith his usual judgment, perceived 
still too' ex ten m l ,te< J lts remedy ; hut his genus was 
Included the ! v S1 '. e> an< *’ besides, was not natural, as it 
always been • Il ° 8 ’ a vcr >’ distinct genus, that had 
Possessed over \ ' 'r ? 0, hers. The only advantage it. 
'1 comprieerl ... ! d .; .°* Latham was, that all the species 
restricted bv SJ. blte d its artificial characters. As 
Aemminck, i, } ^^"’.yredlot, a " d lately adopted by 
» Perfectly uatnrT. u P revim,sl y much limited, 
“‘at sm m . ' though we cannot help remarking 
latter in ] lis 'yjhe eighteen species enumerated by the 
crows, in 
ter in l-jio .. , -- B - «.vu ojtwiuo cuuiuu u 
the Wanche* Ci the S^^alities of the D> 
Corvus Coin nh - es l^y a 8 ain he separated, such as 
constitute -i which ought, perhaps, to 
Writers on o^ni'b r’ ,tse J lf - Vie >llot, and other recent 
8 fc nus Ga n ,,),, have long since adopted the 
prefer retainim/ ‘*, t P s ! Illct ' even from Pica, though we 
G'trrulus since it ’? il,t f r merely as a submenus of 
'nc of senar itir rs absolutely impossible to draw the 
mi «««e and comS-^T tlwm without resorting to 
The b!! complicated distinctions. 
rOisheii iv'. , in feet, ree 
^hedrfou, thee; 
rno . -equirc to be distin- 
ferin colour habit <nvs ’. as a genus, on account of their 
Tl 'eir up.T^ i- n their osseous structure. 
,neir upper nnndil.l ’ ven tueir osseous structure, 
the nay&Xn “f’,K° 1 l leVVhat 5 ! lllecte 'l «t tip, and 
fistic marks. Their win C t' ’ atf ° rd "hr" 0 "* charac- 
Jttst t sF^rt: ess 
^ wedge-shaped. Z 
have 'lonsr 
exfreinit 
J ae iden 
contrary, 
almost or quite to the 
ryiavfssss 
" llt * V m the sha P e of the wings and tail, and 
