have therefore quoted it with doubt.* Our two birds agree perfèètlff
in. markings and dimensioiis. Of the habits .of the Steller’S’ Jay,
little or nothing is known. It inhabits the Western 'te rrito ry of
the United States, beyond th^Rocky Mountains, extending along
the western* coasts of Nortn^Stnerica, at least from California to
Nootka Sound; is common on the Orcgan, 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 ijhe Fauna of the United States, While the
common Blue Jay, the only eastern representative of the genhs,
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, pur Garrulus
ultramarinus, from Mexico,* will soon be admitted as the central J.ay,
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 ihe same.
\ LAPLAND LONG SPUR. 7
EMBERIZA EmPPONICJl.
Plate XIII. Fig. 1, ^ Female.*
Mingilla. tajppbnica, Linn. Syst. I, p. 317, Sp. 1. Faun. Suec. S^. 235. GsifeL. Syst. I, p.
90fr,,Sp^l. Retz.I'Wj. Siiec.- pr 242, Sp/ll^BcSl^TfPA. K*LXII,,g/ 40'4: Fab a.
Faun. Grant. p. l-l&^Sp. S^.-Lath.Jnil. p. 1-4Q. Sp.'.lS-. , Tjur.jis,-!'. pU28!)sjSpM8.
Fringilla rnontana, Briss. Orru Illfp. Kl.ein, ■5«.,p.,92,vSp.,10sl^
Fnngillaealcarata, Pallas, It. p. 710^Sp. 20-, ii*®, loj%n4tQ. French trqpkl. Ill, PI 1
Mewr & Wouy Tctsch. iteutschl.i, p. *
Emberizd lappqnica^ Nu.iaoii, Om. Suee. I. pM57, S‘p. 76*i Ranz. E^'^oolifYlfp 24.
Eittb^zdcdkarctta, Tkiisr./Mm. Om. 322iJ'i Br-ehm; Lehrb. Fur. Pd§. I. p. 221.
Richardson, Jlpp. to P.arry’s 2d Voy. p;.34-5.'.
Passerina lapponica, Yieill. Nouv. Diet. Hist Nats XXV, p, 12. v
Plectrophanes calcaratus, Meyer, Tasch. IIIvp. 176,.Sp. 13.
Plectrophanes lapponica, Seeby in Trans. Innn. 8oc.r XV, p. 156, PI. if yoiing.'S ,
Montifringilla congener., AnoRovVOm. II, p. 821, PIn'82S'*’™'
LB Grand Mbrtfain, Botes IV, ^ i'Mv
JLePinson de Montague, Gerabdin,' Tqbl. Elem. d’Orn. I, p‘.<l'86. '
Lerchen Finch, BecpSt. Naturg. Deutsch.111, p.‘246, Sp. 16. Naum. i^cAfo-.-III. pf 25-,
PI. 20, B female,®.- 40, m,ale ia alutumn. ’
Greater Blambling, Alb. HI, fe3:'
Lapland Finch, Penn. Jtrct. ,Zb6/.„H,Sp: 259. Lath. Syn. IV, .p;.263, Sp. 14. UberS,
' III, p. 256, Sp.**14.
My Collection..
T his species, long, since Jknoyyn t& inhabit,®j|i' desolate Arctic
regions Of both continents, i§ n'ow for dpe' Brsf time introddiTedr
into' the* Faunaf§f the Unite'd- Stages;; having been'omitted both
ih- our-Synb/jifis and Cathlogue'.^f'Tt hi ejititl^dlo be ranked among
the birds of.,-this country, from the. fact* thal^a ."few stragglers- out