CROWS. JAYS, MAGPIES 



seen following the parents about teasing for 

 food, which is always willingly supplied. 



The pinon jay closely resembles the Cali- 

 fornia jay at a distance, but at close range 

 the latter bird is found to have grayish-white 

 under-parts and bluish streakings on the 

 throat, while the piiion jay is almost uniform 

 grayish-blue with white streakings on the 

 throat. 



^Magpie, Pica 'pica hudsonia. 

 ^'^^ 19.50 



Distribution: Treeless or more sparsely 

 wooded districts of western North America, 

 except coast and interior valleys of California 

 from Alaska to Arizona, New Mexico and 

 western Texas. A rare straggler eastward 

 to Ontario, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and 

 Nebraska. The yellow-billed magpie, a some- 

 w^hat smaller bird, is found only in the interior 

 valleys of California. 



The magpie, American magpie, or black- 

 billed magpie with its striking black and 

 white plumage, long wedge-shaped tail and 

 peculiar flight will attract instant attention 

 whether seen from the window of a moving 

 train as one speeds across the wide dusty 

 plains or from one's seat in an automobile in 

 the cattle country. The magpie is a bird of 

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