. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. 422 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — PA SSERES — OSCINES. this sooty color passing insensibly on the rump and breast into dull blue. Wings and tail richer blue, crossed
. 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, inclusive of Greenland and lower California, with which are incorporated General ornithology: an outline of the structure and classification of birds; and Field ornithology, a manual of collecting, preparing, and preserving birds. Birds; Birds; 1887. 422 SYSTEM A TIC SYNOPSIS. — PA SSERES — OSCINES. this sooty color passing insensibly on the rump and breast into dull blue. Wings and tail richer blue, crossed with nnmerous Idack bars, not on the secondary coverts. 15111 and feet black. Young more fuliginous, the wing-bars faint if not wanting. Size of the Eastern jay, or rather larger. Pacific; coast region, Oregon to Alaska, E. to the Rocky Mts., where inoscu- lating with C. s. mucrolopJia. Tliis is the typical form, with little or no blue, no whitish on head, and unbaiTed wing-coverts; running through annectens, frontalis, and macrolopha into some very different Mexican forms. Habits, nest, and eggs as described under macrolopha. 351. C. 9. annec'tens. (Lat. annectens, annexing.) Black-headed Jay. This name has been given to specimens directly connecting stelleri and macrolopha. General tone of the former; quite blackish, short-crested, witli i)lain wing-coverts; but blue fi-ontal streaks and whitish eye-patch of the latter. N. Rocky Mts., U. S. 353 C. s. fronta'lis. (Lat. frontalis, pertaining to frons, the forehead.) Blue-fronted Jay. Sierra Jay. An offset from stelleri; the sooty color rather brownish than blackish ; the blue of different shade on body from the deep indigo on wings and tail; whole crest glossed with bluish, and conspicuous blue streaks on forehead; no whitish eye-patches; wing-coverts obsoletely or not barred. Sierras Nevadas of California. 352. C. s. macro'lopha. (Gr. p-aKpoi, malvros, long ; \orf>o9, lophos, crest. Fig. 275.) LoNG- CRESTED Jay. Better
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