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STELLER’S JAY. 
It is a curious fact in ornithological geography, that of the 
four jays now admitted into the Fauna of the United States, 
while the common blue jay, the only eastern representative of 
the genus, spreads widely throughout the continent, the three 
others should be confined in^their range each to a particular 
section of country. Thus, the Canada jay is the northern, the 
Florida jay is the southern, and the present the western re- 
presentative of the genus. It is probable that another species 
at least, our Garrulus ultramSrinuSy from Mexico, will soon be 
admitted as the central jay. To the latter bird, Mr Swainson, 
who had probably not seen my paper describing it, (published 
more than two years ago in the Journal of the Academy of 
Natural Sciences^) gives the name of G. sordidus ; at least, 
judging from his short phrase, and the dimensions and locality 
they are the same. 
