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KEY AND DESClilPTION 



This jay is generally to be found on the ground, except when 

 disturbed. 



' Length, IH ; wing, 4^ (4-4J) ; tail, 5*- ; tarsus, 1 ] ; cuhnen, 1. Florida, 

 north of the center near the coasts. 



4. Canada Jay (484. Perisdreus canadensis). — A large, north- 

 ern, loose-i»luniaged, gray bird, with the head mainly white, 



except the nape, 

 which is blackish. 

 The throat and sides 

 of the neck are white, 

 and the gray {]uills 

 f^^^ ^^^HR'*^ t^i^ wings and 



tail are somewhat 



tipped with white. 



^"'^^^ -^"y This, like all the jays, 



is a noisy bird, making many harsh and shrieking calls and 



uttering a few musical notes. (Whisky Jack ; Gray Jay.) 



Length, 11',; wing, 5^; tail, 5^; tarsu.s. If; culnien 1. Northern 

 Michigan to northern Nt-w Knglaiid norihwanl. Not at all migratory; 

 straggling from its 

 home but very rarely. 

 Has been seen as far 

 south a.s central Penn- 

 sylvania. 



5. Northern Ra- 

 ven (48G'. Cdrrus 

 cdrax ^)nHCJ7J(>/<s). 

 — A somewhat 

 rare, very large, 

 crow-like black 

 bird, twice the size 

 of the common 

 crow. The black 



, , Northern Raven 



everywhere shows 



bluish, metallic reflections. The feathers of the throat are 



narrow, pointed, and peculiarly independent of each other, not 



