Dec May 21 1942 Cyanocitta stelleri Steller Jay June 1. Cedar Grove, S Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Steller Jays have been just about the most abundant and noisy birds seen about camp. Several of them come into camp everyday, and they have been seen or heard wherever we have hiked in the mountains. These jays have a wide variety of call notes and scolding notes, some typically hoarse and jay-like, and others resembling the chipping notes of ground squirrels. I would hardly have believed that all these different sounds were uttered by one species had I not seen the jays giving the various notes. The birds here are very bold, and often fly down close to us and scold. When the rattlesnake was brought into camp by Frances, four or five jays gathered noisily in the trees all about, but none approached the dead snake. Frequently the jays scolded us while we skin and stuff our mammals. All of the Steller Jays seen here at Cedar Grove have two light blue streaks on the anterior side of their dark blue crests. The head and neck are very dark; the back, wings, and