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parts deep smoke gra}' instead of lioht drab-gray, and the uiidei' tail- 

 coverts gray instead of white. 



AduU v/.rt/t'.— Length (skins), 243-274.5 (261); wing, 136-145 (140); 

 taij, 128.5-146.5 (137.5); exposed cuhiien, 20-21.5 (20.5); depth of bill 

 at base, 10-11.5 (10..5); tarsus, 33.5-37 (3.5); middle toe, 17..5-1.S.3 (1S).« 



Adult female.— "Length (skins), 241.5-256.5 (250); wing, 132..5-137.5 

 (136.5); tail, 125.5-141 (132.5); exposed culmen, 19-21 (20); depth of 

 bill at base, 9.5-12 (10.5); tarsus, 33.5-35 (34); middle toe, 16.. 5- 

 18.5 (17. 3). « 



Peninsula of Labrador, north to Davis Straits; island of Newfound- 

 land. 



I't'risorcas rdiKidciD^ls (not ('orciiH caitadem^ls HAnnxuH) Coues, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1861, 226 (Rigolet, etc., Labrador; habits; notes); Check List, 1872, 

 no. 289, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 359, part. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 299, part.— Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, 

 no. 297, i^art.— Porter, Auk, xvii, 1900, 72 (Newfoundland). 



{Ferisoreus'] canadensis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 11(5, part. 



Plerisorensi canadensis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 425, part. 



Garrulus canadensis Sciiuegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, 1867, 65, ])art (Labrador). 



Perisoreus canadensis ni gricapillus HiDGVi' AY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, June 5, 1882, 

 15 (Labrador; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 258.— 

 Reichenow and Schalow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 401 (republication of orig. 

 descr.).— Turner, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 241 (Fort Chime, 

 Ungaya, resident). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 

 no. 484c.— Palmer (W.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 263 (Fogo I.; 

 Mingan Islands; Canada Bay, Newfoundland; habits). — Bendire, Life Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 392, pi. 3, fig. 20 (egg).— Norton, Proc. Portl. Soc. 

 N. H., ii, 1901, 155 (Northwest R., Labrador).— Bigelow, Auk, xix, 1902, 

 29 (coast n. e. Labrador). 



F[erimreus} canadensis nigricapUhis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 359. 



Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons (not of Ridgway) Howe, Osprey, newser., i, July, 

 1902, 105, part (crit.). 



PERISOREUS CANADENSIS FUMIFRONS Ridgway. 

 ALASKA JAY. 



Similar to J\ c. camidensis^ but dusky hood extending over the 

 crown, leaving only the forehead white; the latter often more or less 

 tinged with smok}- gray; the general color of upper and lower parts 

 browner, and size less. Agreeing with P. c. nigricaj)illnK in greater 

 extent of the dusky hood, but this browner, with the anterior portion 

 more distinctly ashy, the forehead less purely white, and the general 

 color, lioth above and below, decidedly paler, the under tail-coverts 

 dirty whitish or very pale brownish gray. 



Adult male. — Length (skins), 256.5-273 (266); wing, 131.5-145 

 (139); tail, 128.5-138.5 (135); exposed culmen, 18-22.5 (20); depth of 

 bill at base, 10-12 (11); tarsus, 32.5-36 (34.8); middle toe, 16.5-19 (18).* 



« Six specimens. * Five specimens. 



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