Jay WESTERN BIRDS 



with white forehead, and head and neck blackish. The 

 rest of upper parts are brownish-gray, the back having 

 white shaft streaks, and the tail sometimes slightly- 

 tipped with white; under parts white. The young are 

 dull sooty-brown, darkest on head, and brownish below. 



It is a resident of the high mountains from British 

 Columbia south to Mendocino County, California. Like 

 others of this genus they are social fellows, and not 

 afraid of mankind whom they visit in hopes of securing 

 something to eat, 



Mrs. Bailey says that their notes are pleasantly 

 varied. "One call was remarkably like the chirp of a 

 Robin. Another of the commonest was a weak and 

 rather complaining cry repeated several times. A sharp 

 contrasting one was a pure clear whistle." 



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