356 NORTH AMERICA y BIRDS. 



brownish gray; blue of iippoi- parts, etc., a very deep 

 azure — almost Berlin-blue — shade; length about 11.50- 

 12.25. wing 5.20-5.30 (5.27), tail 6.05-6.25 (6.15), eulmen 

 1.15-1.30 (1.22), tar,sus 1.70-1.80 (1.75). Jfab. Santa Cruz 

 Island, southern California. 



481.1. A. insularis IIensii. Santa Cruz Jay.* 

 (P. Lower tail-coverts white, or else very slightly tinged with blue. 

 e'. Sides of head blackish, with little, if any, blue tinge ; breast 

 grayish white or very pale grayish, like belly ; back and 

 scapulars brownish gray, without blue tinge. 

 /'. Sides of chest bright blue, the middle poi'tion streaked 

 ■with blue; white superciliary stripe very distinct. 

 g^. Larger, with smaller bill and feet, the blue darker, 

 the lower parts less purely white ; length about 

 n.50-12.25, wing 4.70-5.20 (4.93), taif 5.45-6.10 

 (5.71), eulmen .87-1.03 (.96), tarsus 1.50-1.94 

 (1.62). Nest in thickets or low trees. Eggs 3-6, 

 1.10 X -81, pure bluish green, sj)eckled with clove- 

 brown ; dull greenish white, speckled or spotted 

 with chestnut, or light buffy spotted with rusty 

 brown and lilac-graj'. Ilab. Pacific coast of United 

 States, from southern California to Oregon, cast to 

 western Nevada. 

 (,>4.) 481. A. californica (Tki.). California Jay. 



gr'. Smaller, with larger bill and feet, the blue lighter, the 

 lower parts more purely white; length 11.50-12.00, 

 wing 4.55-5.00 (4.63), tail 5.20-5.80 (5.5.3), eulmen 

 .94-1.07 (1.03), tarsus 1.43-1.00 (1.50). ILih. Lower 

 Calift)rnia (vicinity of Cape St. Lucas). 481(f. A. 

 californica hypoleaca Eidgw. Xantus's Jay." 

 /^ Sides of chest dull brownish gray, the middle portion 

 dull white, streaked with brownish gray or light 

 graj-ish brown ; white superciliary stripe less distinct 

 (though always apparent). 



Otherwise scarcely different in color from A. cali- 

 fornica ; length (skins) about 11.00-11.50, wing 

 5.40-5.55 (5.48). tail 5.95-6.10 (6.00), eulmen .98- 

 1.01 (1.00), tarsus 1.60. Jlab. Southern Mexico 

 ((Orizaba, Oaxaca. Atliseo, etc.). 



A. sumichrasti (Kinow.). Sumichrast's Jay.' 



' Aphehcomn iniularit IlENSn., Auk, iii. Oct. 1886, 452. 



' New subspecies ; based on mnny !<])cciinen9 from Cape St. Luoa3, La Pai, and oontig«ou9 localities, collected 

 by .1. Xantus and I,. Bcldins. 



' Cgunodlln cali/ornica var. «iimiWirn«<i" RiDOW., in Hist. N. Am. B. ii. 1874, 2S3. Aphehcomn lumiclirotti 

 Shabpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mu3. iii. 1877, 114. 



