230. 1. Garrulus Stelleri, Gmel. Steller's Jay.
Occipital crest of linear-oblong, slightly recurved feathers; tail long, moderately rounded; head, neck, and fore part of back brownish-black, feathers of the forehead tipped with light blue; hind part of back, rump, upper tail-coverts and lower parts light blue; wings blue, secondary quills and their coverts rich ultramarine, narrowly barred with black, outer webs of primaries paler, their inner webs dusky; tail blue, with numerous narrow inconspicuous dusky bars.
Rocky Mountains, Columbia River, and north-west coast. Common. Migratory.
Corvus Stelleri, Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 370.
Steller's Jay, Corvus Stelleri, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 44.
Garrulus Stelleri, Steller's Jay, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 294.
Steller's Jay, Corvus Stelleri, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 453.
231. 2. Garrulus cristatus, Linn. Blue Jay.
Feathers of the head elongated, oblong; tail much rounded. Upper parts light purplish-blue; wings and tail ultramarine, secondaries, their coverts, and tail-feathers barred with black, and tipped with white; a narrow band margining the forehead, loral space, and a band round the neck, black; throat and cheeks bluish-white; lower parts greyish-white tinged with brown.
Breeds from Texas eastward and northward to the Fur Countries, and as far as the bases of the Rocky Mountains. Abundant. Resident in the Middle, Interior, and Southern States.
Blue Jay, Corvus cristatus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 2.
Garrulus cristatus, Blue Jay, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 293.
Blue Jay, Corvus cristatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 11; v. v. p. 475.
232. 3. Garrulus ultramarinus, Bonap. Ultramarine Jay.
Feathers of the head short; tail much rounded; upper part of head, sides, and hind part of neck, wings and tail, with its coverts, light blue; back light greyish-brown; a faint band over the eye, formed by the tips of the feathers; cheeks dusky; fore neck greyish-white, faintly streaked with dusky, and banded below by a narrow semilunar band of light blue, continuous with that of the neck; lower parts pale grey passing into white.
Columbia River, and Upper California. Common. Migratory.
Ultramarine Jay, Corvus ultramarinus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 456.