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STELLER’S JAY. 
have therefore quoted it with doubt. Our two birds agree perfectly 
in markings and dimensions. Of the habits of the Steller’s Jay, 
little or nothing is known. It inhabits the western territory of 
the United States, beyond the Rocky Mountains, extending along 
the western coasts of North America, at least from California to 
Nootka 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 representative of the 
genus. It is probable that another species at least, our Garrulus 
ultramarinus, 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. 
