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(instead of brownish black), and the under parts deep gray, less brown- 

 ish or smoky." 



Its habits probably do not differ materially from those of the species 

 in Newfoundland and Labrador, as described under the type race. 



Braund and McCullagh (1940) make the following interesting com- 

 ment on the Anticosti jay: "Contrary to the usual antagonistic feeling 

 of Canadian trappers and woodsmen in general, the native Anticosti 

 Islanders have a friendly attitude toward the bird. It seems that during 

 the cold winter months when supplies are low on the mainland the 

 'poachers' visit the island to obtain deer and trap mammals. The 

 Canada Jay's characteristic habit of being a camp follower has often led 

 the island game protectors to these 'poacher' camps." 



PEHISOREUS CANADENSIS PACIFICUS A. H. MUler 

 PACIFIC CANADA JAY 



This dark race of the Canada jay has been named and described by 

 Dr. Alden H. Miller (1943a), based on a series of 11 birds collected in 

 "the Rainbow Mountain area at the headwaters of the Dean and Bella 

 Coola rivers, in the central coast range of British Columbia," which 

 constitutes its present known range. He describes it as "similar to 

 Pcrisorciis canadensis canadensis, but dorsal coloration darker and sootier 

 (near Dark Mouse Gray of Ridgway, Color Standards and Color Nomen- 

 clature, 1912), hence less brown; in fresh plumage, dorsal gray collar 

 of neck inconspicuous and in some individuals obsolete ; white of forehead 

 of same extent and comparably suffused with gray in fresh plumage, but 

 not noticeably buffy as in P. c. fiitnijrons; size as in P. c. canadensis. 

 ♦ * * The race P. c. pacificus shows no approach in characters to 

 Perisoreus obscurus of southwestern British Columbia. The coloration 

 dorsally is blue or neutral gray, rather than brown as in obscurus, the 

 shaft streaks of the back feathers are no more apparent than in any race 

 of P. canadensis, and the underparts are deep gray posterior to the 

 throat, not whitish and uniform as in obscurus. * * * Compared with 

 P. c. fumijrons, pacificus is not only distinctly darker but less brown." 



Nothing seems to have been published about its habits. 



PERISOREUS CANADENSIS CAPITALIS Ridgway 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN JAY 



Plate 4 



HABITS 



This western race of our familiar "whisky jack" is described by 

 Ridgway (1904) as similar to our eastern bird, but it is larger and 

 lighter colored ; the whole head is white, except immediately around and 



