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typical of that form. Collections made later in fall and in winter 

 should include migrants from the north. 



CYANOCITTA CRISTATA FLORINCOLA Coues: Florida Blue Jay 



From examination of an excellent series of jays taken thnnigliout 

 the State it appears that the breeding bird from the area represented 

 is to be identified as the southern form. The identification is made 

 on the basis of duller, more purplish dorsal coloration, less extent of 

 white tipping on tertials and secondaries, and smaller size par- 

 ticularly as indicated in length of wing. It is true that some birds 

 from the eastern mountain area are larger than the average of 

 -fiorincola^ and so come within the lower size range of crUtnta^ but 

 in color these larger individuals resemble the others of smaller size. 



The birds just mentioned from the eastern mountains are puzzling 

 and show definite intermediate characters. T^vo males taken in Shady 

 Valley on June 8 have wing measurements of 12r).5 and 13r>.4 mm, 

 and a female collected on June 2 measures 131.6 mm. A male taken 

 at 4,500 feet on Snake Den Mountain in the Great Smokies on June 

 24 has the wing 133.8. On the basis of size three of these four 

 specimens could be called true cristata, but in dorsal coloration they 

 are distinctly darker, more purplish, and have the white wing mark- 

 ings restricted. They are identified at present as fforifwoh. A male 

 from 5,000 feet elevation on Roan Mountain taken on Septeml)er 23 

 is even more intermediate. The wing measures 129.5, and the white 

 on the tertials is reduced as in -fiovhicola, but the blue above is brighter 

 and less purplish. It is possible that when more skins are available 

 it may prove better to place the jays of the mountain region with 

 crhtata,, though the material now available points to tlie allocation 

 made here. 



Other breeding bu-ds are all detiiutely of the favinvola type of 

 coloration, and only a few approach crUtata in size. All are small 

 enough to come within the range of measurement assigned to furin- 

 cola. Following is a list of specimens, with the wing measurements 

 indicated in parentheses: Hickory AVithe, A[)ril 1*2 and 13, 3 nudes 

 (130.1, 131.7, 127); Reelfoot Lake, April 26 and 27, 2 males (127.3, 

 128.6) ; Hornbeak, May 1, male (127.7) ; 8 miles north of Waynesboro, 

 May 13 and 15, 2 males (180, 131.2) ; Melvine, Bledsoe County, May 

 21 (133.5) ; Birds Creek, 7 miles southwest of Crossville, May 27, 2 

 males (126, 132.2). 



Fall specimens allocated here include two from Saniburg, a male 

 taken on October 11 (124) and a female October 13 \V1\) ; Cumber- 

 land River 2 miles west of Indian Mound, October 27, female (123) ; 

 and Cumberland River, 7 miles north of Dover, October 30, female 

 (123.5). 



