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but I know tliere were still a few passing by when I left the country ten days 

 later. 



Winter. — There are numerous winter records for various points in 

 New England and New York, but Pennsylvania seems to be about the 

 southern limit of its wanderings in the eastern part of the country. 

 Todd's "Birds of Western Pennsylvania" gives but one record for that 

 region, in February 1923. But N. R. Casillo writes to me that the 

 Canada jay comes down into that part of the State "more or less regu- 

 larly," as borne out by his observation of tv»^o individuals in Lawrence 

 County over a period of 4 years. The locality where these birds were 

 seen. New Castle, Pa., is about 70 miles southwest of Forest County, 

 where the previous record was made. It is flat or rolling country and 

 sparsely wooded, with conifers conspicuously absent. The first bird 

 was seen from a distance of 12 feet, on November 26, 1936, while it was 

 feeding on the berries of a Virginia creeper that grew over a porch 

 trellis near Mr. Casillo's kitchen window. He observed the second bird, 

 apparently a younger bird, in the same vine on December 8. One or 

 both of these birds were seen there on January 12 and February 4, 1937, 

 three times in November and on December 14, 1939, and on January 1 

 and 13, 1940. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Northern North America south to New York, Minnesota, 

 New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon; not regularly migratory. 



The range of the Canada jay extends north to northern Alaska 

 (Kobuk River, Chandlar River, and Demarcation Point) ; Mackenzie 

 (Horton River, Dease River, Fort Enterprise, and Fort Reliance) ; 

 northern Manitoba (Du B rochet Lake, Fort Churchill, and York Fac- 

 tory) ; northern Quebec (Great Whale River and Chimo) ; and Labra- 

 dor (Nain). East to Labrador (Nain and Rigolet) ; Newfoundland 

 (Fogo Island and Salmonier) ; and Nova Scotia (Baddeck, Kentville, 

 and Barrington). South to southern Nova Scotia (Barrington and 

 Grand Manan) ; Maine (Milltown, Foxcroft, and Norway) ; northern 

 New Hampshire (Mount Washington) ; northern Vermont (St. Johns- 

 bury and Mount Mansfield) ; northern New York (Long Lake, Fulton 

 Chain, and Watertown) ; southern Ontario (Latchford, North End, and 

 Sudbury) ; northern Michigan (Pickford and McMillan) ; northern Wis- 

 consin (Spring Creek) ; Minnesota (Mille Lacs Lake and White Earth) ; 

 southwestern South Dakota (Elk Mountain) ; northern New Mexico 

 (Cowles and Baldy Peak) ; and east-central Arizona (White Mountains). 

 West to eastern Arizona (White Mountains) ; northeastern Oregon 

 (Blue Mountains) ; southeastern Washington (Blue Springs) ; northern 



