GARKULIN^ — THE JAYS — PICA. 



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courses. When scared they flew in circles, rising liigh above his liead 

 uttering tlieir singukxr cry, and then suddenly descended to the top of some 

 tree on the neighboring clifi's. 



I have seen specimens from AVashoe, just east of the State boundary, and 

 am told by Mr. Clarence Iving that they fretj^uent the junipers on moun- 

 tains near Mariposa. 



Sub-Family GARRULIN.^, The Jays. 



Char. "Wings short, rounded ; not longer, or much shorter than the tail, 

 which is graduated, sometimes excessively so. AVings reaching not umch 

 beyond the lower tail coverts. Bristly feathers at base of biU variable. 

 Bill nearly as long as the head, or shorter. Tarsi longer than the bill or 

 than the middle toe. Outer lateral claws rather shorter than the inner. 



Genus PICA, Beisson. 



Coracias, Linn.eus, Syst. Nat. 1T.35 (Gray). 



P/cn, Brisson, Ornitliolo^ia, 1700, and of Cuvicr (Agassiz). (Type, Coitus pica, 1j.) 



Ckjites, Gambel, J. A. N. Sc. 2a Sit. I. 1847, 47. 



Gkx. Cn.\n. Tail very long, forming much more than half the total length ; the feath- 

 ers much graduated ; the lateral scarcely more than half the midc-lle. First primary 



P. Hudsonka. 



falcate, curved, and attenuated. Bill about as high as broad at the base ; the culmen and 

 gonys much curved, and about equal ; the bristly feathers reaching nearly to the middle 



