360 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



(1.01), tarsus 1.30-1.42 (1.37). Hab. Alaska, except southern 

 coast-district. 



4846. P. canadensis fumifrons Eidgw. Alaskan Jay. 

 ii'. Adult with whole head white, except occiput, which is plumbeous graj% this 

 color not reaching anteriorly to the eye; young with top of head dull 

 white, tinged with grajish brown. 



Adult: Head and neck pure white, the occiput and upper hind-neck 

 deep plumbeous-gray ; back and other upper parts lighter plumbeous- 

 gray ; breast, belly, sides, and Hanks light brownish gray. Young : 

 Nasal tufts, lores, and orbits blackish dusky ; whole crown, and a 

 broad malar stripe, dull whitish, tinged with pale brownish gray; 

 throat dusky grayish; rest of lower parts more brownish gra}-, the 

 feathers of belly, etc., tipped with paler. Length about 11.25- 

 13.00, wing 5.90-6.30 (6.10), tail 5.80-6.35 (6.07), culmen .97-1.08 

 (1.03), tarsus 1.35-1.44 (1.40). Nest in coniferous trees, bulky 

 (about 7.00 across by 4.00 in height), composed of dead twigs, 

 pine-needles, dried grasses, sti-ips of bai'k, etc., lined Avith finer vege- 

 table materials, feathers, etc. ; cavity about 4.00 across by 2.00 deep. 

 Eggs 3-5, 1.16 X -86, gra3-ish white, speckled with various shades of 

 brown. Hab. Eocky Mountains, south to Arizona (White Moun- 

 tains) and New Mexico, north into British America. 



484a. P. canadensis capitalis Baiku. Eocky Mountain Jay. 

 «'. Feathers of back with distinct paler shaft-streaks ; breast, belly, sides, and 

 flanks white, like throat and chest. 



Adult: Upper half of head, except forehead and nasal tufts, sooty black ; 

 forehead and nasal tufts white, sometimes tinged with brownish; back 

 and scapulars vaiying from dull brownish gray to sepia-brown, the 

 feathers with distinct though narrow whitish shaft-streaks ; wings and 

 tail brownish graj', the wing-coverts, tertials, and tail-feathers narrowly 

 (sometimes indistinctly) tipped with whitish ; lower parts entirely 

 white, sometimes very faintly tinged posteriorly with pale brownish or 

 brownish gray. Young : Dull graj-ish sooty brown, paler and more 

 decidedly brownish below, darkest on top of head. Length about 9.50- 

 11.00, wing 5.15-5.75 (5.53), tail 5.20-5.90 (5.56), culmen .84-.99 (.92), 

 tarsus 1.23-1.40 (1.30). Eggs 1.04 X -79, grayish white, greenish white, 

 or very pale gra3'ish green, sjieckled with hair-bi-own and lilac-gray. 

 JIab. Northwest coast, from northern California (Humboldt Ba}') and 

 northern Sierra Nevada (both slopes) noi-th to British Columbia. 



485. P. obscurus Einciw. Oregon Jay. 



Genvs CORVUS Linn^us. (Page 351, pi. XCVIL, fig. 1 ; pi. XCVIIL, fig. 1.) 



Species. 

 Common Cii.\r.\ctf.rs. — Entirely black, the plumage more or less glossy. Nest 

 a bulky structure of coarse sticks, etc., in trees or on cliffs (according to the 



