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GARRULUS STELLERI. 
or tinged with blue ; on the inner vane, the second^ 
are blackish, but on the outer, they are deep gl° sS 
blue. The tail is five inches and a half long, and l' 1 
slightly rounded ; it is of a deep glossy azure blue, n>5 
brilliant on the outer vanes of the feathers, the in* 1 
being slightly tinged with dusky; an indication 1 
obliterated, transverse blackish lines, may he perce'' 1 
iu certain lights on almost all the tail-feathers in 
specimen, and we have no doubt that on others th tfK 
more marked; the shafts both of the quills and t*' 
feathers are black. The tarsus is an inch and tW* 
quarters long ; the femorals, blackish, slightly mixed n'l 
bluish at the joint; the feet and nails are entirely bWj! 
This description is taken from an individual which 
killed near the Oregan, or Columbia river. Ano^' 
specimen, from Mexico, also in Mr Leadbeater’s oo& 
tion, exhibited greater brilliancy of plumage, wj 
principally distinguished, as nearly as our recollect 
serves, by the black colour of the anterior parts 
less extended, and by having more of silvery td®' 
(indicated in our bird) on the front, extending 
the throat and eyebrows, and somewhat round the 
This, without any hesitation, we considered as a Ji> , 
perfect specimen, a mere variety of age, and would l' 9 ’ 
had our figure made from it: but having been in for'!' 1 ' 
that an English ornithologist (his name and that of, 
species were not mentioned, or, if they were we h?' 
forgotten them) considered it as a new’ Mexican sp*' 1 ^ 
we have preferred, notwithstanding our convict’.; 
strictly copying the less brilliant specimen procure 1 '' 
the United States territory, to the more beautiful *’ 
from Mexico. The appearance of Garrulus coronal] 
Mr Swainson, in the Synopsis before quoted, rend" 1 
us of the circumstance, and we have therefore qiiot^ » 
with doubt. Our two birds agree perfectly in mark' 9 ! 
and dimensions. Of the habits of the Steller’s Jj 
little or nothing is known. It inhabits the u' l ' st v 
territory of the United States, beyond the R«‘, 
Mountains, extending along the western coast 5 . 
North America, at least from California to N 00 ” 
