THE COLUMBIA JAY. 
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! ,r illiant. All these circumstances I intend to discuss 
ltl another work, and in the mean time retain the usual 
|«neric name for the present splendid species, which 
«as the bill of nearly the same form as the true crows, 
combined with the elongated tail, and lively colouring 
the jays. 
“ Were I to relate to you, good reader, the various 
^counts which I have heard respecting this splendid 
''ird, I should have enough to say; but as I have 
h-'sol veil to confine myself entirely to the results of 
Hy own observation, I must for the present remain 
^h>m on the subject. 
“ The specimen from which the drawings were taken 
W presented to me by a friend who had received it 
f| ‘ 0 m the Columbia River, and is the only individual 
fe presented in the volume which I did not myself 
Procure on the spot. However, as I expect to ramble 
feain through our vast forests and extensive territories, 
f ’nay yet be enabled to give you a full account of this 
Wutiful bird, which, from the splendour of its plumage, 
deserves all the attention of the naturalist. In the 
'"can time, I adjoin a notice respecting it, with which 
* We lately been favoured by my friend, the Prince 
Musignano : ‘ Le superbe geai, dont, vous me parlez, 
e St sans doute l’oiseau que Wagler a lait connaitre le 
Homier, sous le nom de Pica Buttochii, et que Tem- 
H'nck a figure dans ses planches coloriees, sous celui 
de Garrula Gubernafrix. Son nom legitime, suivant 
•ties 
principes. 
sera Garrulus Bullockii, mais vous avez 
Won de dire qu’il ne sc trouve pas dans man Synopsis : 
H n’est que par votre lettre que j’ai appris qu’il se 
r,) UVait dans le territoire des Etats-Cnis. Jusqu a 
Hf'sent, on ne Tavait trouve qu’au Mexique et a la 
I ‘difornie. II n’est pas etonnant qu’il se retrouve sur 
'iviere Columbia. Mais comment l’avez-vous obtena 
et 
pu 
avez-vous 
ip 
•Hbitent 
Probable, qu’outre votre 
V 0L. IV. 
Ie dessiner vivant ? Trois autres 
' s peces de geais, qui ne sont pas dans mon Synopsis, 
al,! * ■ l’extremite word de 1’Amcrique, et il est 
superbe 
T 
gcai 
commandeur, 
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