STELLER’S JAY. 
; * ■ > . - • ' ♦*. • >rn: t *) <- <i \ 
GARRULUS STELLERI. 
Plate XIII. Fig. 1. 
Corvus stelleri , Gmel. Syst. I, p. 370, Sp. 27. Lath. Ind. p. 158, Sp. 20. Nob. Svppl. 
Syn. Birds U S. Sp. 63, bis, in Zool. Journ. Bond. V, p. 2. Id. in App. Gen. N. A. 
Birds in Ann. Lye. N. Y. p. 438. 
Garrulus coronatus? Swainson, Syn. Birds Mex. Sp. 67, in Phil. Mag. N. S. I, p. 
437, old bird? 
Garrulus stelleri , Vieill. Nouv. Diet, d'Hist. Nat. XII, p. 481. 
Geai de Steller , Daud. Orn. II, p. 248. 
Steller's crow, Penn. Arct. Zool. Sp. 139. Lath. Syn. I, p. 387, Sp. 21. Id. 2 d Suppl. 
VIII, p. Ill, Sp. 8. Id. Gen. Hist. Ill, p. 56, Sp. 58. 
Collection of Mr. Leadbeater , in London. 
To the enlightened liberality and zeal for science of that 
distinguished collector, Mr. Leadbeater of London, we, and the 
American public, are now indebted for the appearance of the first 
figure ever given of this handsome Jay. Trusting his precious 
specimens twice to the mercy of the waves, he confided to us this, 
together with several other still more rare and valuable North 
American birds, which no consideration would have induced him 
to part with entirely, to have them drawn, engraved, and pub¬ 
lished on this side of the Atlantic. It is the frequent exercise of 
similar disinterestedness in the promotion of scientific objects, 
that has procured for Mr. Leadbeater the distinction with which 
he is daily honoured by learned bodies and individuals. 
The Steller’s Jay is one of those obsolete species alluded to 
in the preface to this volume. It is mentioned by Pallas as having 
