304 SINGING BIRDS — OSCINES. 



Cyanocitta Woodhousii, Baird. 



WOODHOtrSE'S JAY. 



CijamciHa Woodhousii, Baikd, Birds N. Amer. 1858, 585; pi. 59. — CouES, Pr. A. N. Sc. 



1866, 92. 

 Cyanocorax Californicus, Woodhouse, Sitgi-eave's Report, 1853, 77. (San Francisco Jloiin- 



tains.) 



Sp. Ch.\r. Size and general appearance of C. Californica. Graduation of tail one 

 inch. Blue, with a very obscure ashy patch on the back. Sides of the head and neck and 

 incomplete pectoral collar blue ; throat streaked with the same. Breast and belly imiform 



brownish-ash glossed with blue ; luider tail coverts bright blue. Sides of head, including 

 lores, black, glossed with blue below ; a streaked white superciliary line. Length, 11.50 ; 

 wing, 5.35 ; tail, 6.10; tarsus, 1.60. 



Hab. Central line of Rocky Mountains to the table-lauds of Mexico. Southern Ari- 

 zona. 



This species is distinguishable from C. Californica hj the characters given 

 above, especially by the grayish under parts, and the greater or less amount 

 of blue on the under tail coverts. There is no white whatever in the under 

 parts, except immediately around the anus, and there is a gloss of blue dis- 

 tinctly appreciable, especially along the middle of the body. The back is 

 more blue, and the lores are quite black, without any hoary, as in Califor- 

 nica. According to Dr. Coues, it is very abundant in Arizona, being 

 found e\-erywhere, but preferring open hillsides among the scrub-oaks. 

 In winter it collects in flocks, and, like most jays, it is shy, restless, and 

 noisy. 



