NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
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.35 ; crest, 2.80 ; wing, 6.00 ; tail, 6.00 ; culmen, 1.25 ; tarsus, 
1.55; middle toe, .90. Nest and eggs not described. Hab. 
Sierra Nevada, from Eort Crook to Fort Tejon. ( Sierra Jay .) 
var. frontalis . 
b. A patch of silky white over the eye ; throat and chin abruptly 
lighter than the adjoining parts; secondary coverts barred dis- 
tinctly with black. 
Whole crest, cheeks, and foreneck deep black ; the crest 
scarcely tinged with blue ; dorsal region light ashy-plumbeous ; 
forehead conspicuously streaked with milk-white. The blue 
contrasted as in var. frontalis. Depth of bill, .35 ; crest, 3.00 ; 
wing, 6.10 ; tail, 6.70 ; culmen, 1.25 ; tarsus, 1.65 ; middle toe, 
.90. Nest with base of sticks, plastered with mud, and lined 
with roots. Eggs sea-green, marked with dark olive-brown. 
Hab. Rocky Mountains of United States. ( Long-crested Jay.) 
var. macr olopha. 
™ Genus CYANOCXTTA, Strickland. (Page 78.) JJJ 
A. Tail longer than wings. A superciliary stripe of whitish streaks ; jugular 
and pectoral feathers faintly edged with bluish, posteriorly forming an indistinct 
collar, interrupted medially. Ear-coverts dusky, except in var. woodhousei. 
a. Forehead and nasal tufts hoary white ; the superciliary stripe a continuous 
wash of the same. Scapulars blue like the wings ; dorsal region (the inter- 
scapulars) as light-colored as the lower parts. . 
C. floridana. Back and lower parts pale ashy -brown ; lower tail- 
coverts bright blue. Length, 11.00; wing, 4.50; tail, 5.70; bill, 1.20 
and .35 ; tarsus, 1.40 ; middle toe, .85. Wing-formula, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 8, 
9, 2, 10; first, 1.80 shorter than longest. Graduation of tail, 1.50. 
Nest of dry sticks, lined with fibrous rootlets ; quite open, allowing 
the bird to show through from below. Egg bluish-gray, marked at 
larger end with a few spots of light rufous-brown ; sometimes more 
evenly distributed. Hab. Florida (only). ( Florida Jay.) 
b. Forehead and nasal tufts bright blue ; superciliary stripe composed of 
narrow streaks ; scapulars ashy like the back ; back much darker than the 
lower parts. 
C. californica. 
Lower tail-coverts bright blue, dorsal region not well-defined ashy ; 
auriculars bluish, beneath continuous pure ash. Superciliary streak 
well defined. Length, 11.50; wing, 5.15; tail, 6.00; bill, 1.35 and 
.30 ; tarsus, 1.40 ; middle toe, .85. Wing-formula, fourth, fifth, and 
sixth equal; 7, 3, 8, 9 = 2; first, 1.80 shorter than longest. Grad- 
uation of tail, .90. Nest of twigs, lined with rootlets and horse- 
hair. Eggs light bluish-green, blotched with reddish-brown. 
Hab. Rocky Mountains and Middle Province of United States. 
( Woodhouse's Jay.) ...... var. w oo dhousei. 
Lower tail-coverts pure white ; dorsal region well-defined ashy ; 
auriculars blackish ; beneath dull white, approaching ash on breast. 
Superciliary streak sharply defined, conspicuous. Length, 12.25 ; 
wing, 5.00; tail, 5.60; bill, 1.20 and .37; tarsus, 1.55; middle toe, 
.95. Wing-formula, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 8, 9, 2, 10 ; first, 2.10 shorter 
than longest. Graduation of tail, 1.15. Nest built of twigs, roots, 
