steller’s jay. 65 
■P. 6t'cofor 1 thelr^ , l . C ? ne ^ 0rin tad somc > no ^ ess than 
range bei n n-% ulus has an extensive geographical 
* s compo S( , ( i'’ f (• 0l ! n< , ln . latitudes and longitudes. It 
Way more nron'm-lTi * s , p ? cics > noai 'ly half of which 
are but two t-" V >e oa et i a y s • ot the latter, there 
the tiainl) er ,ri VB n l | lr °?Tr’- 1 a ’ 1 d though we have doubled 
yet be discovl! a? W ' lson .«’e think that others will 
eoutiuent, ti e ,n . the wild western tracts of this 
three species iA™, ?‘? lst lm perfect accounts of two or 
MountS !„ U,h ? bl K% r the countries , ' “ ' 
and 
llu utaius ono'^r U1 u- D ? . ttle C0lll ‘tries near the Rocky 
—■ d others mn " 1,01 ls probably that here described, 
vered Mexican l>r0V ? to be some ot ' the newly disco- 
9vbernatri :c s P eci es, one of which, the Garrula 
_ T he Steller’s • 1 ““ mck ’ ls so P rou dly beautiful. 
The hill u Msn ,'l d - 18 r ! lore than twelve inches long, 
totally black • tim| 0 ” e i 1 “r h ? nd a half, is entire, and 
a so wholly ld m » ll l feathers over the nostrils are 
elongated f, 1 , Others of the head are greatly 
half inches ] ( „„ r ° a lar ?e crest, more than two and a 
entirely deen t,?’ ' U1< , 1 ", 1 ' :1 the whole head and neck, 
t b " teatlS P 0 ^ ^ isb 011 the throat 
"ith bright a ml h l f d ° ° tho tr01lt a, 'e slightly tipped 
i n °teof?malldl^ h tUs torming a dozen or 
becomes lighter a l x '’a' 1 i °" th<! ueck . the brown 
I'ying. the scan ula,. 1 ,‘, ds ,lo "'n. on the hack, occu- 
°U the middle of it ’ f 8 a e , 08 tbe inner wing-coverts; 
t’ugeil with bluisli^ aC v the brown becomes somewhat 
b «ght blue colour << blend * gradually into a fine 
a| l-coverts: all the info?-' * 16 f um P aD d the upper 
lo Wer part of which the ’! 01 ' parts h 'oni the neck, at the 
are blue, somewhat timr ? ° 1 "' passes illto blue, 
