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.
Steller's Jay, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 229.
Steller's Jay, Corvus Stelleri, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 453.