CRACTES.—CYANOCITTA. 495 
4. Muonioniska, Lapland, 6th April Seebohm Coll. 
( Meves). 
4, Muonioniska, 20th April (Knob- Seebohm Coll. 
lock). 
3. Muonioniska, 8th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
PP. 
1. Muonioniska, 29th April (Tvis- Crowley Bequest. 
tram Coll.). 
2. Rowa, East Bothnia, 26th May. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
1. Salmo-vaara, East Bothnia (J. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Wolley). 
4, Kangas-jiirwi, E. Bothnia, April. Seebohm Coll. 
2. Finland (J. Wolley: Tristram Crowley Bequest. 
Coll.). 
Cractes canadensis (Linn.). 
Perisoreus canadensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M., iii. p. 104 (1877) ; 
Jeffries, Bull. Nutt. Orn, Cl. vii. p. 181 (1882); Bendire, Life- Hist. 
N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 885, pl. iii. figs, 18, 19 (1895). 
Perisoreus canadensis canadensis, Ridgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. 
iii. p. 8366 (1904). 
Cractes canadensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 614 (1909); Nehrk. Kat. 
Tersammil, p. 861 (1910). 
Two eggs of the Canada Jay resemble those of C. infaustus. 
They measure respectively: 1:16 by ‘85, and 1:12 by °82. 
2. (Canada. ] Crowley Bequest. 
Genus CYANOCITTA, Strick. 
Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). 
Corvus cristatus, Thien. Fortpjflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xli. figs. 7 a-c 
(1845-54). 
Cyanocitta cristata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 107 (1877); Nehrl. 
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cl. vii. p. 168 (1882); Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. 
Birds, ii. p. 356, pl. v. figs. 5, 6 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 615 
(1909); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersammil. p. 861 (1910). 
Cyanocitta cristata cristata, Redgw. Birds North § Middle Amer. iii. 
p. 347 (1904). 
Eggs of the American Blue Jay are of a regular rather 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. 
