. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. Fig. 108. Florida .Jay. tail about 6, much rounded; bill about 1. Florida (and Gulf States?), abundant. Nutt., i, 230 ; AuD., iv, 118, pi. 233 ; Bd., 586. flokidana. Var. wooDHOusEi. The dorsal patch dark, somewhat glossed with blue, shading into the blue of surrounding parts ; under parts rather darker, somewhat bluish- gray ; the tail coverts
. Key to North American birds; containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary. Illustrated by 6 steel plates and upwards of 250 woodcuts. Birds. Fig. 108. Florida .Jay. tail about 6, much rounded; bill about 1. Florida (and Gulf States?), abundant. Nutt., i, 230 ; AuD., iv, 118, pi. 233 ; Bd., 586. flokidana. Var. wooDHOusEi. The dorsal patch dark, somewhat glossed with blue, shading into the blue of surrounding parts ; under parts rather darker, somewhat bluish- gray ; the tail coverts pale bluish but not contrasted ; on the breast the blue and gray shading into each other, the gular and pectoral streaks whitish and well defined, the superciliary line definite white, but no hoary on forehead ; bill slenderer. Southern Eocky Mountain region. Bd., 585, pi. 59 ; Coop., 304. Var. CALiFORNiCA. California Jay. The dorsal patch light and distinct as in true Jloridana, but the under parts, including tail coverts and tibiie, nearly white ; gular streaks very large, aggregated, and white, causing this part to be nearly uniform ; a white super- ciliary line, but no hoary on forehead, as in woodhousei; bill slender. Thus it is seen that each of the three forms presents a varying emphasis of common char- acters. Pacific Coast, U. S. Aud., iv, 115, pi. 232 ; Be, 584 ; Coop., 302. Sieber's Jay. Bright blue, scarcely duller on the middle of the back, below white, the throat and breast tinged with blue. Length 13 ; wing 6|; tail about the same, rounded, the graduation nearly an inch; tarsus If ; bill 1, its height at base nearly J. Bd., 587 ; Coop., 305. . sordida. Obs. Not having seen this species, I take the name and description from the works cited, without raising the question of its relation- ships to its allies, especially C. ultramarinus. 102. Genus XANTHOUBA Bonaparte. Rio Grande Jay. Green, below greenish-yellow, inside of the wings and all the tail feathers except
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