A Synopsis of the Birds of North AmericaAudubon, John James
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A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Audubon, John James
Birds -- Classification; Birds -- North America
Bill and bare space beneath the eyes yellow; in form, proportion, and
size, similar to the last; the feathers of the tail narrower; the
colours similar, but the top of the head glossed with green, and the
black of the back and fore neck tinged with brown.
_Male_, 18; wing, 7-3/4.
Upper California. Common. Resident.
Corvus Nuttali, Yellow-billed Magpie, Aud. Orn. Biog, v. iv.
p. 450.
229. 3. Pica Bullockii, Wagler. Columbia Magpie.--Columbia Jay.
Plate XCVI. Adult.
Feathers of the head long and recurvate; tail extremely elongated;
general colour blue; cheeks, fore neck, and anterior part of the
breast black, the rest of the lower parts, with the tips of the outer
four tail-feathers on each side, white.
_Male_, 31, 26.
Woody portions of North California.
Columbia Jay, Garrulus Bullockii, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 220.
Columbia Jay, Corvus Bullockii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 483.
GENUS III. GARRULUS, Briss. JAY.
Bill of moderate length, strong, straight, compressed, rather pointed;
upper mandible with the dorsal line slightly arched, the ridge
scarcely distinct, the sides sloping, the edges nearly straight,
sharp, and overlapping, the notches slight, the tip slightly
depressed; lower mandible with the angle of moderate length, rather
wide, the dorsal line ascending, slightly convex, the sides sloping
outwards, the edges direct, the tip acute. Nostrils basal, elliptical,
covered by reversed stiffish feathers. Head rather large; neck short;
body stout. Feet of moderate length, rather stout; tarsus of ordinary
length, compressed, with eight scutella; toes moderate, the first
large, the outer considerably longer than the inner; claws
well-arched, rather long, compressed, acute. Plumage blended; small
bristles at the base of the upper mandible; feathers of the head
generally elongated; wings rather short, first quill very short,
fourth and fifth longest; tail rather long, much rounded. Roof of
upper mandible concave, with three ridges; digestive organs as in
Corvus.
230. 1. Garrulus Stelleri, Gmel. Steller's Jay.
Plate CCCLXII. Fig. 2. Male.
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.
_Male_, 13, wing 5-11/12.
Rocky Mountains, Columbia River, and north-west coast. Common.
Migratory.
Corvus Stelleri, Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 370.
Corvus Stelleri, Bonap. Syn. p. 433.
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.
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