Plate CII. Male and Female.
Feathers of the head elongated, oblong; tail much rounded. Upper parts
light purplish-blue; wings and tail ultramarine, secondaries, their
coverts, and tail-feathers barred with black, and tipped with white; a
narrow band margining the forehead, loral space, and a band round the
neck, black; throat and cheeks bluish-white; lower parts greyish-white
tinged with brown.
_Male_, 12, 14.
Breeds from Texas eastward and northward to the Fur Countries, and as
far as the bases of the Rocky Mountains. Abundant. Resident in the
Middle, Interior, and Southern States.
Blue Jay, Corvus cristatus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 2.
Corvus cristatus, Bonap. Syn. p. 58.
Garrulus cristatus, Blue Jay, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v.
ii. p. 293.
Blue Jay, Corvus cristatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 11; v.
v. p. 475.