Jay WESTERN BIRDS 



and San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California, 

 and also the inner coast range of northern California 

 (west of Sacramento Valley) from the Bully Choop 

 Mountains south to Mt. St. Helena and Mt. George 

 (east of Napa Valley). 



The Blue-fronted differs from Steller's chiefly in hav- 

 ing a blue tinge to the crest and blue streaks on the 

 forehead. Length from eleven to thirteen inches. 



They are showy, noisy birds that are seen in small 

 groups, or flocks, in the mountains, being as fearless and 

 venturesome as is the preceding bird. 



These birds are always a delight to the bird student 

 who visits the mountains because, as a rule, there is 

 where one must go to see them, but during the winter of 

 1919-20 these birds came down into the valleys in south- 

 ern California and were most sociable, coming into my 

 garden during the month of January, and again appear- 

 ing in April, which was decidedly late for them to be 

 Imgering. Though I did not find a nest myself, it was 

 reported that these birds had nested across the arroyo 

 from my home, on the South Pasadena side. Another 

 pair of them nested in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, and 

 were seen feeding young, by Miss Mary Mann Miller, 

 during July. So far as I know this is the first record 

 of these birds nesting in the valley. 



I first saw one of these Blue-fronted in the arroyo 

 in Pasadena on November 12th, 1919. 



Still another of these crested birds is known as the 

 Coast Jay. It differs from the Blue-fronted in being 

 somewhat darker with the frontal blue spot restricted. 

 The back is a warm slate gray, the wings and tail dark 

 blue barred with black. It is also known as Grinnell's 

 Jay. 



We may look for these birds in the humid Pacific 

 Coast strip from southern Oregon to the San Lucian 

 Mountains, California, and east to the mountains on the 



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