Sound ; 
FLORIDA JAY. 67 
„ o n C th m ?M °. D t * le tdregau, an i found also in 
Itisacnrin,? ‘! ble . lan d, and iii Central America, 
the f'o ur , lf> a °t ln ornithological geography, that of 
States, Jit tn a< m,( te d into the Fauna of the United 
r eprcsentati VP Af ti°° mmotl blue j a y. the only eastern 
the continent n , Semis, spreads widely throughout 
their ranee P n , lt: three others should be confined in 
. b us, tfie C mt • u particular section of country. 
J s “he southern the nort hern, the Florida jay 
tauve of the uy.’ n , <l t ■ P re 8ent the western represen- 
a t least, our 7 • llS ', *' ls P r °hable that another species 
he admitT^^ ultramarinus, from Mexico, will 
hlr 8 wainsou ..f 8 the central jay. To the latter bird, 
“escribing it Vt It , , probably not seen my paper 
t ie Jb«r 7 ia / 0 ’/.tP u hj 1 shed more than two years ago in 
the nanie of f * ^- ca< H’Hy of Natural Sciences,) gives 
t Phrase In', I S !\ rdu . lus ; at least, judging from his 
same. * ^he dimensions and locality, they are 
12 . 
GASB ^ FL 01tinANUS, BOX, 
APARTE. FLORIDA JAY. 
BONAPA rte , PLATE XIV. PIG. I. 
f edin g. or S teller’s * tUS “ 1,J bird, and at the pre- 
0l, 8'est descrintif.r V , V0U < suffice, better than the 
at ham i u ’ to . S l<; w the error committed by 
/• . J iU ’jUU[ino , ) in U.. . . •> 
History wi, 111 hls r ? ce ! lt work, ( General 
synonyms of tha’t ol t,lis species among the 
crest of tn ! o d ! d,Cated to Steller. ’ ” ° ’ 
*> crest of TQ Ste . ller ’ 111 tact, the 
a together destitute!) aud’its^J i' v1 '|' <:I k 4 j® P resel,t is 
hfOwu back, and bluish colli 4 r^ ck head; the %bt 
o carry the comuarison l, 1 <j4 ^h* 8 — but it is needless 
il!' u too dissimilar to slider T' IT any tfther ; they 
P 0l utinnr ou <- j:uc- au d we shall reserve 
species ofwhieh ’ UUtl1 by closely re- 
0l >g be wautimr. m ° le stnklu S examples will not 
Epilation of Sb kin t d T Pe i' llapS unavoi dable in a 
«on ot such extent as the work we have men- 
