Adult male.—Almost wholly blue, above beautiful cerulean, below paler, belly whitish. Adult female.—Above brownish gray, upper tail coverts, wings and tail bluish below pale fawn, belly whitish.
Range.—Western United States from Rocky Mountains to Sierras, and from New Mexico north to the Great Slave Lake region.
TO CELIA.
Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss in the cup
And I'll not look for wine.
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
But might I of Jove's nectar sup,