June, 1902. CHECK-LIvST OF CALIFORNIA BIRDS 45 



274 (474 g, part) Otocoris insularis (Townsend) Grinnell. 



Island Horned Lark. 



Syn. — Otocoris alpestris insulafis; Phileremos contutus, part; Otocoris alpestris strigata, 



part; Otocoris alpestris rubea, part. 

 Status — Common resident on the Santa Barbara Islands. 



275 (475) Pica hudsonica (Sabine) Bonaparte. 



yVMERicAN Magpie. 



Syn. — Pica pica \ Pica nwlanoleuca var. hudsonica'. Pica pica titidsonica. 

 Status — Conmion resident along the eastern border of the State east of the Sierras; re- 

 corded north to Altnras and Shasta Vallej' and south to Mono Lake, 



276 (476) Pica nuttalli Audubon. 



Yellow-billed Magpib;. 



SvN. — Pica nielanoleuca nuttalli; Pica caudata var. nuttalli; Cleptes nuttalli. 

 Status — Common resident locally in Sonoran west of the Sierra Nevada, north to Red 

 Bluff and south to Santa Paula, 



277 (478, part) Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacea Grinnell. 



Coast Jay. 



Syn. — Cyauocitta stelleri, part,- Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis, part; Cyanura stellert, pavt. 

 Status — Common resident of Transition south through the humid coast belt to the Santa 



Lucia Mountains in Southern Monterey County; in winter wanders a short distance into 



the interior valleys to the eastv.'ard. 



278 (478 a) Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis (Ridgway) Boucard. 



Blue-fronted Jay, 



Syn. — Cyanocitta stelleri part; Cyanura stelleri, part; Cyanura stelleri frontalis. 



Status — Common resident of Transition along the whole length of the Sierras from 



Mount Shasta south through the Cuyamaca Mountains; occurs down into the valleys to 



the westward in winter. 



:279 (4S0) Aplielocoma woodhousei (Baird) Ridgway, 



WooDHOuss Jay. 



Status— Common resident along the desert ranges east of the Sierra Nevada; recorded 

 south to the Coso Mountains and nortli to Chat. Lassen County. 



iSSo (4S7.) Aplielocoma californica californica (Vigors) Cabanis. 



California Jay. 



Syn. — Cyanocitta californica; Cyanocorax calif'ornicus; Carrulus calif ornicjis; Cyanocitta 

 fioridana californica; Aplielocoma californica ohscura; C'arriilus ulirimarinus; Aphelo- 

 comafloiHdana var. californica. 



Status — Abundant resident of Upj^er Sonoran wsl of the Sierras; ranges locally up into 

 Transition. 



