* ULTRAMARINE JAY. 
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at the base of the upper mandible several longish slender bristles. Wings of 
moderate length, convex, and much rounded ; the first quill very short, an 
inch and two-twelfths shorter than the second, which is eight-twelfths shorter 
than the third, the fourth three-twelfths longer than the third, and a twelfth 
and a half shorter than the fifth, which is the longest, but scarcely exceeds 
the sixth. Tail long, much rounded, of twelve rather narrow, rounded and 
acuminate feathers, of which the lateral is an inch and a quarter shorter 
than the longest. 
Bill and feet brownish-black. Iris hazel. Upper part of the head, sides 
and hind part of the neck, wings, upper tail-coverts, and tail, light blue ; back 
light greyish-brown, the feathers of the rump whitish and tinged with blue 
at the end ; the inner webs of the quills dusky ; the tail transversely undu- 
lated, and having the appearance of being faintly barred with a darker tint. 
A white band over the eye formed by the tips of the feathers there ; the 
cheeks dusky ; the fore neck greyish- white, faintly streaked with dusky; and 
bounded below by a narrow semilunar band of light blue continuous with 
that of the neck. The lower parts are pale purplish-grey, passing into 
white on the abdomen ; lower tail-coverts tinged with blue. 
Length to end of tail 12 inches ; bill along the ridge 1}^, along the edge 
of lower mandible l r % ; wing from flexure 5 T 8 a ; tail 6 n ; tarsus lyV ; hind 
toe y|, its claw ; middle toe 1 T V, its claw ~L. 
The female is considerably smaller, but resembles the male in colour. 
Length to end of tail 11% inches ; wing from flexure 5fV ; tail 6 T 2 2 ; tarsus 
1 t 7 2 ; middle toe 1, its claw fA. 
The resemblance which this species bears to the Florida Jay is so close 
that one might readily confound the two. That species, however, is dis- 
tinguishable by its smaller size and its more rounded tail ; by its having a 
band of whitish across the forehead and extended over the eye, where it is 
not in dots as in the Ultramarine Jay. 
