FLORIDA JAY. 67 
Sound ; is common on the Oregan, and found also in 
Mexico, on the table land, and in Central America. 
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 represen- 
tative of the genus. It is probable that another species 
at least, our Garrulus ultramarinus y 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. 
12 . GARRULUS FLORIDANUS , BONAPARTE. FLORIDA JAY. 
BONAPARTE, PLATE XIV. FIG. I. 
A single glance at this fine bird, and at the pre- 
ceding, or Steller’s jay, would suffice, better than the 
longest description, to shew the error committed by 
Latham, in quoting, in his recent work, ( General 
History of Birds,) the name of this species among the 
synonyms of that dedicated to S teller. In fact, the 
large crest of that species, (of which the present is 
altogether destitute,) and its black head; the light 
brown back, and bluish collar of this — but it is needless 
to carry the comparison between them any farther ; they 
are too dissimilar to suffer it, and we shall reserve 
pointing out differences, until required, by closely re- 
lated species, of which more striking examples will not 
long be wanting. 
Mistakes of this kind are perhaps unavoidable in a 
compilation of such extent as the work we have men- 
