CRACTES. CYAXOCrXTA. 495 



Muonionislia, Laplpnd, 6th April Seebolim Coll. 



(Meves). 



Muonioniska, 20th April [Knob- Seebolim Coll. 



loch-). 



Muonioniska, 8th April. "W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Muonioniska, 29th April (Tns- Crowley Bequest. 



t7-n»i Coll.). 



Rowa, East Bothnia, 26th May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salnio-vaara, East Bothnia (J. Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



U'o/lei/). 



Kaniiiis-jarwi, E. Bothnia, April. Seehohm Coll. 



Finland {J. Wolley : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Cull.}. 



Cractes canadensis (Linn.). 



Perisoreus canadensis, S/iarpe, Cat. Hirds B. M. iii. p. 104 (1877) ; 



Jeffries, Bull. Nidt. Orn. CI. vii. p. 181 (1882) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. 



N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 38o, pi. iii. tips, 18, 19 (1895). 

 Perisoreus canadensis canadensis, Itidyiv. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. 



iii. p. 366 (1904). 

 Cractes canadensis, Sharpe, Iland-l. t. p. 614 (1909) ; Xe/irk. Kat. 



Eiersamml.^. 361 (1910j. 



Two eggs of the Canada Jay resemble those of C. infaustus. 

 They measure respectively : 1*1(3 by "So, and 1-12 by "82. 



2. [Canada.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CYANOCITTA, StrkU. 



Cyanocitta cristata {Linn.). 



Corvus cristatus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. T'off. tab. xli. iins. 7 a-c 



(1840-54). 

 Cyanocitta cristata, 8/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 107 (1877); yehrl 



Bull. Kiitt. Orn. CI. vii. p. 168 ( 1882) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. X. Amer. 



Birds, ii. p. 356, pi. v. ligs. 5, 6 (1895) ; S/iarpe, 'jiand-l. v. p. 615 



(1909) ; Nehrk. Eat. Eiersamml. p. 361 (1910). 

 Cyanocitta cristata cristata, Bidgw. Birds North ^- Middle Amer. iii. 



p. 347 (1904). 



Eggs of the American Blue Jay are of a regular ratlier wide oval 

 shape, sometimes somewhat pointed towards the smaller end, and 

 slightly glossy. The ground-colour varies much, and may be 

 dull greyish-green, pale olive-green, pale olive-brown, and occa- 

 sionally pale whitish-buff. The shell is usually finely spotted all 

 over, especially round the larger end, with umber-brown, or 

 vandyke-brown and ash-grey or lilac-grey, but in some examples 

 the markings are fewer and larger. They vary in length from 

 1-02 to 1-2, and in breadth from -81 to -85. 



