. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 200 NOUTll AMKliUAN lilliDS. The Mil ill this jjenns is not unlike that of Stunius ami Stunwlla, and conspicuous anionic Coicina- by its uncovered nostrils. Oymnokitta cyanocephala, Pr. Max. MAXIMlLIAirS JAT Gymnorhinm cynnotrphnhis, Maximiiian, K»'«'in das iniuiv Nortl-Anicrika, IT, 1841, 21. - In. Voyaj^'f rAm. du Nord, III, 1843, 296. (ii/iiiiiokittn rifiUKHrpha/a, "pR, Max. IS.'.;' Hp.
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North American; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. 200 NOUTll AMKliUAN lilliDS. The Mil ill this jjenns is not unlike that of Stunius ami Stunwlla, and conspicuous anionic Coicina- by its uncovered nostrils. Oymnokitta cyanocephala, Pr. Max. MAXIMlLIAirS JAT Gymnorhinm cynnotrphnhis, Maximiiian, K»'«'in das iniuiv Nortl-Anicrika, IT, 1841, 21. - In. Voyaj^'f rAm. du Nord, III, 1843, 296. (ii/iiiiiokittn rifiUKHrpha/a, "pR, Max. IS.'.;' Hp. Cohsiki tus, IS'.O, :is-2. — , Ilhist. I, vi, 1854, 1«>j, i>1. xxviii. - Nkwiikkky, Kep. V. K. U. Vi, iv. 1857, 8;i. — IJaiul, Minis N. Am. 1858, 574. - .1. VI, 1858, 193. — Oni. Cal. I, 1870, 21)2. PsUorhiiuis cijann- cephnlust (tKAY, (ieiifirt. Cyanoconu: aiasiai, AlC'ALL, Tr. A. N. Sc. V, June, 1851, 216. Sp. Char. Wind's considerably Ioui^mm- than the tail, and reachinir to within an inch of its tip. Tail nearly even. (Jeneial color dnll hlne, paler on the al)dotiien, the middle of which is tinjred with ash ; the head and neck of a much deeper and more intense blue, darker on the crown Chin and forepart of the throat whitish, streaked with V»lue. Len«:th, lO.(M); win^', ; tail, 4.')l>; tarsus, 'jO. Young bin! not difler- int; in niarkuij^r-s. IIab. Kocky Mountains of Colo- rado, to Cascade Mts. of California and Orejron. Xot on the Pacific coast? South to New Mexico and Arizona. The female is appreciably dif- ferent from the male, l)oth in size and plumage, beinf( smaller, and of a li«iht bluish-ash tint. This difference is readily appreciable when the birds are seen Hying. Habits. ]\Iaximiliun'.^ Jay was discovered and first described by that eminent naturalist, ^laximilian, Prince of Wied, in his lx)ok of travels in Xorth America, published in 1841. Mr. Edward Kern, who was connected with Colonel Fremont's ex]Corin
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