Pari, and the P. caudatus <Jf Europe has ;also?^he ;.lo h ^
tail l*e(ss th an Pi èifce/or their c re st.;
T he genus Qarrulus has_ an extensive ge^gra^hical'dango*- h^ing
fpundvjn all latitudes and longitudes. I t is; ■ imposed fof ‘ abööt
th irty spè^esy nearly; half offwhich
Jays of th e latter^ there are-.hut1 AwO? in^Europe,. arid; though- Ve;
have doubled . th e . number given by Wilson, we think tbat.'©thé®s
will yet be discovered in th e wild western .tracts "©f 'th if caötiiient.
• There.-exist in^^erfecf'aecounts' of two Ov^three species .inhabiting
• tft& * o ^ trie s near the R o ^ y Mountains,^in^"ofwhi^-i^prp^abl%
th a t here described; and others may prove to Site spn^è
• discovered Mexican species;- oné of whfeh, the Gam4a^gMevmtr^c
p f Temminck, is^so proudly beautiful; ’
T h e Steller’s Jay is more th an twelve inches lo5g. ■ Udac,>biM
measures one inch aijd a. half, i§ entire,, and tota lly cb^aejs• ^ e
bristly feathers, over- th e nostrils are also w liö n y -.E ia ck ^M É é l
feathers of the head- a r e . greatly elongated, forming ar lar.ge‘ cre®t,
more than, two anfd a half inches long, and, with th e whoibvlfead
and neck, entirely; deep brownish black, grayish on ; the
the .fOathers ea^eh^side of the front are slightly tipped
and lig h t amite,cthus .forming a dozen Orji more oh1 small'f dots-- ©to:
th a t p a r t ; ’ on-the neek the brown becomes lightèry mtdrnxtends
down .oh tbe pack*. occupying the scapulars a» Well as the*iriMÉr
•wing-eOvertaj* on the middle o f the back the brbwfl - becomes
somewhat tinged with bluish,• and . blends guadually, into a fine
b right bine Yolpur, Covering the rUmp and the "uppe'r tall-cövërts;
all the inferior parts from stke neck,- a t the Tower p^art o fih h ib h ,
IHÉ dusky colour passes into blue, are blue 'sbttéwhaé tingedkwj&b
wings are^hearly. sixincbfes in. length ; th e fourth, -fifth, and sixth'
print)aries being subequal and longest. • All thëAotten wing:
coyéfts ah d 'th e stecondaries are blue, fapitly crosSèd with obsolete
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biackish lines^ the'tonder veing-4pyerjs arb 'dUskJ&ji.the primaries
a re \,^ rk /d u tk y fcd n d> '^ ifh ^ h ft;ex ^ p ti^ it^ ^th e ;,o u te r .at .tip
ar& edged- omtiqged wjijh bluest,OUthe-inner vane thfesfioondaries
hre .blackiSh,-) but on the outer thev arfri,dhep>>^a^yl'blue. >T?be
ta il’is'lave inches -and a half long, vand bjJk'slightlyoEdwided; dfi^S
o f -a deep glqssy^asure .blue, jmore b rilliant <pp> the .outer (yanei£
'©Y .the- (feathers, Abe- inner,, being ^slightly, tinged with ,,dusky;
•a'n-.'indication: of obliterated*,Aiahsversei fdackish lineg.,“ mayfftfe
perceived .in.-certain'.. J^hjfcgi. on almost all the*, tail-feathers in ,ouf
j^e^i|hein,; and w® ha^e •n o id o u b tith a t!Oi1.®Phe]^i,tb,ey;|a®^ni^ e
^innked,; the shafts both of the quills and tail-feathen%arQi black.
;^'he’*±arsus.is- -an inch a n d -th re e quarters long; i$h®^fe-morals
bfed^sH> slightly mixed with bluish a t t h e .jo in t; 'JbhCifeet and
nails#are entirely black.:.
| * This idfiseription is,, taken from* th,e individual-.represented
In, tfte> pfetev .which was killed near the Oregan', or jUolumb.ia
y Another »specimen, from, Eeadbe®ter?l
©nijeetion, exbibjited • gneaterabrillianoy,of plumag^iJ&iajUgipRinmT
pally distinguished, as nearly as our re coll^ti,©^ sathfe'
black-.-.colour of j&jg rjantedou.,parts .being* fej-^eX'fepidqd^. and b§t
:kfetvyig,’nafbre oilsilvpry bluishffjmdioatgq in j^Kipikd^on th n ltant,
*«fktehflang' to. the throajt- and!‘e^ ^b r6‘ws, aji4 -somewlint round the
#e&dy Tha®, without any hesitation’^^^jBon’&idbred as kanoiffe.meffeej;
specimen, a mere? variety of age, and ufanldJbjQj^ h-ad^w'd^uge.
mad® froih it: but having been in^t®ed.that,ai^EngE-s|te^©>pa.th!b!1-
logist (his name and thkt of the n^nJbrplDnted^Qr
W m m m tovdJforgottqn them) considered St is a.mesf
.Mexican .spqejes, .we-Jiavs preferred, .■notwithstanding, our .eOJiy4%
^o ^ strfctly^c’opying -Aq j ^ ^ brilliadt^pdeimen procured in the
^ ^ e d &tatns rjer^:onyj;,l)b,!tKe more -bp,ai#iful, one from Meife©|
l^ffl^Efppearq'nce i|f Mr- Swainson, in the
E^opa%>]before bdotnd» reEnindfed '^s^f. the circumstance, and we