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Idaho (Coeur d'Alene and Clark Fork) ; British Columbia (Midway, 

 Horse Lake, Hazelton, Flood Glacier, and Atlin) ; and Alaska (Iliamna 

 Pass, Nushagak, St. Michael, Nulato, and Kobuk River). 



The range as outlined is for the entire species. Three races are cur- 

 rently recognized and others have been proposed. The typical sub- 

 species, known as the Canada jay (Perisoreus c. canadensis), occupies 

 the major portion of the range from northern Mackenzie and central 

 British Columbia east to Labrador, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia; 

 the Rocky Mountain jay (P. c. capitalis) is found in the Rocky Mountain 

 region from southern British Columbia and Alberta south to Arizona 

 and New Mexico; while the Alaska jay (P. c. fiimifrons) occurs through- 

 out Alaska except the coastal region east and south of the Alaska Pen- 

 insula. 



Casual records. — In fall or winter the Canada jay will sometimes 



The ranges of other subspecies are given under their respective names, 

 wander south of its usual range. There are several records for Massa- 

 chusetts (Amesbury, Quincy, Mount Greylock, Arlington Heights, Ber- 

 nardston, Cambridge, and Newton). It was recorded from Utica, N. Y., 

 in the winter of 1868-69 and was seen repeatedly at Cortland, in that 

 State, during January 1928. Audubon reported one from Philadelphia, 

 Pa., in October 1836. In Minnesota it has been noted in winter irregu- 

 larly in the southern part of the State (Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, 

 and Anoka Counties) ; and there are several records for Nebraska (West 

 Point in the late winter of 1886, near Fort Robinson in April 1891, head 

 of Monroe Canyon in February 1896, near Belmont in the spring of 

 1889, and Antioch on February 2 and 26, 1930). 



Egg dates. — Alaska: 2 records, April 10 and May 13. 



Alberta: 56 records, March 11 to April 21; 28 records, ]\Iarch 18 to 

 April 8, indicating the height of the season. 



Colorado: 6 records, March 17 to April 30. 



Labrador: 5 records, March 20 to April 23. 



Newfoundland: 17 records, April 4 to 30; 9 records, April 10 to 16. 



Nova Scotia: 9 records, April 2 to May 7. 



PERISOREUS CANADENSIS .ALBESCENS Peters 



ALBERTA JAY 



Based on the study of five specimens from Red Deer, Alberta, James 

 Lee Peters (1920) describes this race as "similar to P. c. capitalis, but 

 smaller ; paler above, much paler below ; lower breast, flanks, and ab- 

 domen, pale smoky gray, with only a faint drab wash. Similar also to 

 P. c. cfimdensis in size and in the extent of white on the crown, but 



