FAMILY COKVID.E. JAYS, CROWS, ETC 



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Group 3. Wing, 5.50 to 6.50 inches long. 



Upper i);irts, p;il(! blue, or purplisli l)lue; tail, I)ri.i>-lit bliK!, burred witb lilaek, and 

 (except middle feathers) tipped with white; wiii<,r<, blue, marked with wliile; 

 uuderparts, ashy white; breast, with black band. Blue Jay. 



CijaniictHa cristata 

 See No. 360. 



Forehead, throat, and sides of head, dull white; back of crown aud nai)e, lilack- 

 ish; back, gra,v; uuderparts, ashy, palest on the throat. 



Canada Jay. 



PerisdvcHs cdiindi'iisis^ and races. 

 See Xo. 303. 



Group 4. Wing, 6.50 to 8.50 inches long. 



Head aud breast, black; tail, loug, showing more or less green and pm-ple reflec- 

 ^^oua. American Hagpie. 



Pirn pira hntJsuuica. 

 See Xo. 359. 



SUBFAMILY CORVIN/E. 



Crows and Ravens. 



Group 5. Wing, 9.50 to 15 inches long. 



Plumage, black; wing, over 

 11.50; tarsus, over 2.10; 

 bill, over l.SO. 



Crow. 



Corvus KunriciniHs, und nircs. 

 Sec Xo. 3r>l',. 



