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APHELOCOMA WOODHOUSEII i Baird) . 



WOODHOTJSE'S JAY. 



Similar to J. caHfomica oUeara, but hirgvr, with more sloiidi^r t.ill, 

 and iuon> uniform' coloration; under parts of body distinctly jjray 

 throughout; under tail-coverts blue; blue of upper ])arts liohter. 



\,h,lfs (.svvr.v ^//?:Zv>).— Head and neck (except chin and throat), wuigs, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail, plain dull a/ure blue, brightest on pileum, 

 where margined laterally by a narrow streak (or series of streaks) of 

 white the blue dullest on sides of head, where more or less dusky on 

 loral 'orl^ital and postocular regions; back and scapulars deep mouse 

 gray', sometimes tinged with blue: rump more bluish gray: chin, throat 

 and chest o-ravish white, streaked with ])luish gray, these streaks broad 

 and very distinct on chest, which is margined laterally l)y an exten- 

 sion of' the l)lm' from sides of neck; breast, sides, and flanks pale 

 mouse o-rav or smok.^ grav, the abdomen paler, fading int.. w]i]t(> on 

 anal region; under tail-coverts light grayish blue or china l.lur: l.dl. 

 legs, and feet black; iris brown. 



j-^,^,,^.__Pileum plain mous(^ gray; rest of upper parts (except 

 wings and tail) plain brownish gray or deep drab-gray; an indistinct 

 superciliarv line, or series of streaks, of white; general color of under 

 parts dull iioht brownish grav, paler on chin, throat, chest, and abdo- 

 men deeper and more brownish on upper portion of breast, against 

 pale grayish jugular area; wings and tail as in adults, but^ smaller 

 wino--coverts grav and lesser coverts indistinctly tipped with the same. 

 Adult ..,«/.. -Length (skins), 272-292 (285.5); wing, 129.5-135.5 

 (133); tail, 139-147.5 (143); exposed culmen, 26.5-29 (28.o): depth of 

 bill at nostrils, 9-9.5 (9.4); tarsus, 40-42 (41); middle toe, 20.5-23 22).^' 

 Adult f.male.-A^^^ (skins), 261.5-279.5 (271); wing, 120 5-130 5 

 (126 5); tail, 128.5-140 (135.5); exposed culmen, 24.0-28 (2b); depth 

 of ])ill at nostrils, 9; tarsus, 37-41.5 (39.5); middle toe, 19.5-21 (20.0). ' 

 Western United States east of Sierra Nevada, chiefly in transition 

 zone; north to southeastern Oregon (Steen\s Mountain), southern daho 

 (Citv of Rocks), and southern Wyoming (Henry's Fork. Green Kiver. 

 etc V east to Colorado, western Nebraska (North Platte), New Mexico, 

 and northwestern Texas (east to Davis Mountains): south to scnithern 

 Vrizona and New Mexico; west to southeastern California (\\ lute. 

 Inyo, Argus, Coso, -.md Panamint mountains^, west to western Nevada 

 (West Humboldt Mountains, Truckee Valley?, etc-.). 



Oianocorax xdtrnmarinm (not Corms uliramarlnns Bonapart<0 M.-Ca.,.., I'mr. Ar. 



Nat. Bci*. Phila., 1851, 216 (New Mexico)/ 



Oyanocora.r califonuca (not narruh,. ralifornicu. Vigo.><) WoorxiorsK ,n Kep- 



■ Sitgreaves- Expl. Zuni and Col. R., 1853, 77 ( " New Mexu-o, ,. e., ^^^^-^ 



(?) OycLntta californka Kennkr>,v. Rv,.. Var\i\<- R. R. Mirv., iv. ,.t. v,. is.b. 10 



(MojaveK, s. e. California). ^______ ^ 



^' Fi^(> specimens. " Five specimens, - Mojave River? 



