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281 (481.1) Aphelocoma insularis Henshaw. 



vSanta Cruz Island Jay. 



StaTdS — Common resident on Santa Cruz, Island. 



282 (485) Perisoreiis obscurus obscurus (Ridgway) Sharpe. 



Oregon Jay. 



StaTDS — Fairly common resident in the humid coast Boreal in the extreme northwestern 

 comer of the State; south to the vicinity of Mendocino, Mendocino County. 



283 (485 a) Perisoreus obscurus griseus Ridgway. 



Gray Jay. 



Syn. — Perisoreus canadensis; Perisoreus obscurus^ part; Perisoreus canadensis var. 



obscurus. 

 Status — Fairly common resident of the Boreal Zone in the Northern Sierras; recorded 



from Mount Shasta south to Summit, Placer Countv. 



284 (486) Corvus corax sinuatus (Wagler) Ridgway. 



American Ravkn. 



Syn. — Corvus corax; Corvus carnivorns\ Corvus corax carnivorus; Corvus catatotl; Corvus 

 cacalotl. 



Status — Common resident in southern California; especially numerous on the Santa Bar- 

 bara Islands; rather rare north of the Tehachapi Mountains, though recorded north to 

 Red Bluff and Humboldt Bav. 



285 (487) Corvus cryptoleucus Couch. 



White-necked Raven. 



vStaTUS — Resident in southern California; recorded west to Fort Tejon and San P^emando* 

 Valley. 



286 (488) Corvus americanus hesperis Ridgway. 



California Crow. 



Syn. — Corvus americanus; Corvus frugivorus; Corvus canrinus; Corvus csst/ragus; Cor- 

 vus americafius var. cauj-inus; Coro?ie americana. 

 Status — Common resident locally in the interior valleys as well as coastwise... 



287 (491) Nucifraga columbiana (Wilson) Audubcn. 

 Clark Nutcracker. 



Syn. — Picicorvus cohinibianus. 



Status — Common resident in the pineries of the vSierras, chiefly in the Boreal Zone; re- 

 corded from Mount Shasta to the San Bernardino Mountains, and casually in winter- 

 west to Point Reyes. 



