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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Qroup 2. Wing, 4.75 to 5.50 inches long. 



Upper p:irts, pale blue or purplish blue; tail, bright blue, 



barred with black anil (except middle feathers), tipped with 



white; wings, blue, marked with white; underparts, ashy 



white ; breast with black baud. 



Blue Jay. 



Ci/anociUa cristata, and races. 



See No. 360. 



No blue on plumage auj'- 

 where ; greater part of 

 crown, dusky; breast and 

 belly, gray ; t h r oat, 

 lighter. 



Canada Jay. 



Perisoreus canadensis^ and races. 

 See Nos. 463 and 464. 



