CORVINE. GARRULUS. 
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Feathers of the head long and recurvate'; tail extremely elongated ; 
general colour blue ; cheeks, fore neck, and anterior part of the breast 
black, the rest of the lower parts, with the tips of the outer four tail- 
feathers on each side, white. 
MalCj 31 , 26 . 
Woody portions of North California. 
Columbia Jay, Garrulus Bullockii, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 220. 
Columbia Jay, Corvus Bullockii, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p..483. 
GENUS III. GARRULUS, Briss. JAY. 
Bill of moderate length, strong, straight, compressed, 
rather pointed ; upper mandible with the dorsal line slightly 
arched, the ridge scarcely distinct, the sides sloping, the 
edges nearly straight, sharp, and overlapping, the notches 
slight, the tip slightly depressed ; lower mandible with {he 
angle of moderate length, rather wide, the dorsal line ascend- 
ing, slightly convex, the sides sloping outwards, the edges 
direct, the tip acute. Nostrils basal, elliptical, covered by 
reversed stiffish feathers. Head rather large ; neck short; 
body stout. Feet of moderate length, rather stout ; tarsus 
of ordinary length, compressed, with eight scutella ; toes 
moderate, the first large, the outer considerably longer than 
the inner ; claws well-arched, rather long, compressed, acute. 
Plumage blended ; small bristles at the base of the upper 
mandible ; feathers of the head generally elongated ; wings 
rather short, first quill very short, fourth and fifth longest ; 
tail rather long, much rounded. Roof of upper mandible 
concave, with three ridges ; digestive organs as in Corvus. 
230. 1. Garrulus Stelleri, Gmel. Steller’s Jay. 
Plate CCCLXII. Fig. 2. Male. 
Occipital crest of linear-oblong, slightly recurved feathers ; tail long, 
moderately rounded ; head, neck, and fore part of back brownish- 
black, feathers of the forehead tipped with light blue ; hind part of 
back, rump, upper tail-coverts and lower parts light blue ; wings blue, 
secondary quills and their coverts rich ultramarine, narrowly barred 
with black, outer webs of primaries paler, their inner webs dusky; 
tail blue, with numerous narrow inconspicuous dusky bars. 
