CORVIDJi: — THE CROWS — PERISOREUS. 



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Perisoreus Canadensis, Linn^us. 



THE CANADA JAY. 



Corvus Canadensis, LiNN^ns, Syst. Nat. I. 1766, 158. — WiLSOX, Am. Orn HI. 1811,33; 

 pi. xxi. — Garrulus Canadensis, BoNAP.^RTE, (Saggio, 1831 >) Syn. 1828, .58 — SwAIN- 

 SON, FiUina Bor. Amer. II. 1831, 29.'j. — Nuttall, Man. I. 1832, 232 —Audubon, 

 Birds Amcr. IV. 1842, 121; pi. 234. — Pe>-iso>etis Canadensis, Bos afarte, Li.st, 1838. 

 — Newberry, Rep. V. R. R. Surv. VI. iv. 18.57, 85. — Baird, P. K. Rep. IX. Birds, 

 590. — Cooper and Sucklev, XII. iii. Zool. of W. T. 216. 



Gan-ulus brachi/rhi/nc/ats, SwAiNSOX, rauna Bur. Amer. II. 1831, 296 ; pi. 55 (young). 



Sp. C«ar. Tail graduated ; lateral feathers about one inch shortest. Wings a little 

 shorter than the tail. Head and neck and fore part of breast white. A plumbeous brown 



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occipital patch, becoming darker behind, fi-om the mi<ldle of the crown to the back, from 

 which it is se]iarated by an interrupted whitish collar. Rest of upper parts ashy-plumbe- 

 ous ; the outer primaries margined, the secondaries, tertials, and tail feathers obscurely 



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