THE BIRD BOOK 



478c. Black-headed Jay. Cyanocitta 

 stelleri annectens. 



Florida Jay 



Range. — Northern Rocky Mountains from 

 northern Colorado to British Columbia. 



The eggs of this sub-species cannot be iden- 

 tified from those of the other varieties. Like 

 the others, their nests are made of sticks plast- 

 ered together with mud and lined with weeds 

 and rootlets. 



178d. Queen Charlotte Jay. Cyanocitta 

 stelleri carlotta?. 



Range. — Queen Charlotte Islands, British 

 Columbia. 



479- Florida Jay. Aphelocoma cyanea. 



Range. — Locally distributed in Florida. 



All the birds of this genus have no crests or 

 decided markings, are white or grayish below, 

 and more or less intense blue above, with the back grayish 

 or brownish blue. This species is 11.5 inches long, has a 

 pale blue crown and a nearly white forehead. It has a very 

 limited distribution, being confined chiefly to the coast dis- 

 tricts of middle Florida, and very abundant in some locali- 

 ties and rare in adjoining ones. They build shallow struc- 

 tures of small sticks and weeds lined with fine rootlets and 

 placed at low elevations in bushes or scrubby trees. The 

 three or four eggs, which are laid in April or May are dull 

 greenish blue, marked with olive brown. Size 1.00 x .80. 

 Fla., April 17, 1899. Nest of sticks in a scrub oak, five feet from the ground. 



180. Woodhouse's Jay. Aphelocoma woodhousei. 

 Range. — United States west of the Rockies and from 



Oregon and Wyoming to Mexico. 



This species has the crown and forehead bluish, and 



the underparts gray, streaked with bluish gray on the 



breast. It is also larger than the last, being 12 inches 

 long. They are very abundant in 

 the Great Basin between the Rock- 

 ies and the Sierra Nevadas, breed- 

 ing during April or May in scrub 

 by trees or bushes at low elevations 

 and generally near streams. They 

 lay from three to five eggs of a 

 dull bluish green color, spotted 

 with umber and lilac gray. Size 

 1.08 x .80. Data.— Iron County, Utah, 

 4 eggs. Nest of sticks and weeds in a small 



Greenish blue 

 Data. — Titus ville, 



Bluish green 



May 3, 1897 

 pine tree. 



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