Feathers of the head short; tail much rounded; upper part of head,
sides, and hind part of neck, wings and tail, with its coverts, light
blue; back very light greyish-brown; a bluish-white band over the
forehead and eyes; cheeks dusky; fore neck greyish-white, with the
shafts of the feathers dusky, and bordered below by a rather broad
band of light blue, continuous with that of the neck; lower parts pale
purplish-grey.
Intimately allied in colour to the Ultramarine Jay, but
distinguishable by its smaller size, and more rounded tail, and by its
having a band of whitish across the forehead, and extended over the
eye, where it is not in dots as in that species.
_Male_, 11-1/4, 14.
Confined to the Floridas. Not very common. Resident.
Corvus floridanus, Bonap. Syn. p. 58.
Florida Jay, Garrulus floridanus, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p.
Florida Jay, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 230.
Florida Jay, Corvus floridanus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 444.