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ZOOLOGY BIRDS. 



nest as " composed outwardly of dead twigs, then of fine roots, and lined 

 with fine rootlets and horse hair." The eggs are of a light bluish-green, 

 marked with reddish-brown spots, most numerous at the larger end. 



CYANOCITTA ULTEAMARINA (Bon.), var. ARIZONAE, Ridg. 



Arizona Jay. 



PLATE XII. 

 Cyanocitta sordida, BD., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 21. COUKS, 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1866, 92 (Fort Buchauau, Dr. Irwin ; Copper 



Mines, J. H. Clark). 

 Cyanocitta sordida var. anzoncc, EIDG., Rep. U. S. Geol. Exp. 40th Par. (in press). 



COIIES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 129. 

 Cyanocitta nltramarina var. arizona, BD., BREW., & RIDG., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 292, 



pi. xli, f. 2. 



I first saw this species when encamped in a narrow, rocky canon, thirty 

 miles south of Camp Apache, Ariz. The sides of the canon and the neigh- 

 boring heights were well covered with a small species of oak, which were 

 habitually frequented by these birds, the fruit of which doubtless forms a 

 part of their food. They were not very numerous, but appeared to keep in 

 small flocks of from six to twelve. Occasionally they were seen upon the 



