BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMP:RICA, 337 



APHELOCOMA TEXANA Ridgway. 

 TEXAN JAY. 



Similar iu coloration of upper parts to .1. eyanotis, but white super- 

 ciliary line more developed and back slighth' paler and less bluish 

 gray; iu coloration of under parts nuich paler than A. crjanotis^ and 

 closel}' resembling in this respect ^1. .mmlchrast 1 , the chest being 

 equall}' devoid of distinct blue streaks and the breast of the same pale 

 gravish brown, this color, however, extending farther backward, 

 especial ly^along the sides; smaller than either ^1. eyanotis or A. 

 suniichrasti, except bill. 



Young. — Similar to the young of ^i. sauucJirastl^ but gray of 

 upper parts purer and more uniform, that of the pileum quite concolor 

 with that of the back, instead of being considerably darker. (Much 

 whiter below than young of ^1. uioodhouseii.) 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 274.5-294.-5 (285); wing. 181.5-135.5 

 (133.5); tail. 145-147(146); exposed culmen,. 26. 5-2S. 5 (27.5); depth of 

 bill at nostrils, 9.5; tarsus, 40-41 (40.5); middle toe, 20.5-22.5' (22).« 



Adidt feniale.— Length (skins), 277-292 (289.5); wing, 122.5-130 

 (126); tail, 127-141 (133.5); exposed culmen, 25.5-26.5 (26); depth of bill 

 at nostrils, 9-9.6 (9.4); tarsus, 38-41 (39.5); middle toe, 20-22 (21).'^ 



Southwestern Texas, from Concho and Kerr counties west to the 

 Davis Mountains (Alpine, Fort Davis, Paisano, etc.). 



Aphelocoma woodhousei (not Cyanociitawoodhouseii'Bsiird) Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 

 290 (Concho and Tom Green counties, w. Texas). 



Aphelocoma cyavotis (not of Ridgway) Fisher, Auk., xi, 1894, 327 (Paisano, 

 Brewster Co., w. Texas, breeding). — Bkndire, Life Hist. X. Am. Birds, ii, 

 1895, 382, part, in footnote (Edwards and Kerr counties, Texas; crit. ). — 

 American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Check List, 2d ed., 1895, no. 

 ■480.1, part; Auk, xii, 1895, 165, excl. syn. 



Aphelocoma texana Ridgw.vy, Auk, xix, Jan., 1902, 70 (near head of Xueces River, 

 Edwards Co., Texas; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ). — American Ornithologists' 

 Union Committee, Auk, xix, 1902, 321 (Check List no. 480.2). — Bailey 

 (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. 8., 1902, 275. 



APHELOCOMA GRISEA Nelson. 



BLtTE-GRAY JAY. 



Similar to A. texana. but coloration much paler above, less brown- 

 ish gray below, and with l)ill and feet decidedly more slender; blue of 

 upper parts pale grayish cerulean, instead of azure; back, scapulars, 

 and rump smoke gray, tinged with pale grayish bhu^; lireast. etc., 

 pale smoke gra}. 



Adult female. — Length (skin), 275; wing, 134; tail. 13!t; (>xposed 

 culmen, 25; depth of bill at nostrils, 8; tarsus, 38; middle toe, 20.5. 



^' Three specimens. ''Four ."pecimens. 



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