APHELOCOMA. 497 
Eggs of the California Jay vary in shape from a broad oval to a 
somewhat pointed oval, and are distinctly glossy. The ground- 
colour varies from pale blue to greyish-green or pale olive-green, 
The blue examples from Los Angeles are very sparingly marked 
with small spots of reddish-brown and lilac: the other specimens 
are more or less spotted all over with reddish-brown or umber- 
brown and lilac or ash-grey, the markings being always most 
numerous towards the larger end, and in some specimens forming 
a distinct cap. 
1, [California] (Smiths, Inst.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
4. California, 2nd May ( Wadlace). Crowley Bequest. 
2. Sacramento Valley, California Crowley Bequest. 
(A. L. H.: Tristram Coll,), 
4, Pasadena, California, 20th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Tsq. 
ae 
3. Los Angeles, California. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
[P.] 
Aphelocoma woodhousei (Baird). 
Aphelocoma woodhousei, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 114 (1877); 
Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer, Birds, ii. p. 872, pl. v. tig. 14 (1895) ; 
Biudgw. Birds North § Middle Amer, iii. p. 838 (1904); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. vy. p. 617 (1909) ; Nehrk, Kat. Kiersamml. p. 862 (1910). 
Five eggs of Woodhouse’s Jay resemble the more strongly 
marked examples of A. californica described above. 
5. [Western United States. } W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
ERs 
Aphelocoma cyanotis, Ridgway. 
Aphelocoma cyanotis, Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 882 
(1895); Redgw, Birds North § Middle Amer. iii. p, 335 (1904) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 617 (1909). 
Five eggs of the Blue-eared Jay are of a wide oval shape and 
slightly glossy. The ground-colour in one is greyish-blue and in 
the remaining four dull greyish-green. All are marked with 
chestnut and lilac-grey spots: rather faint in two specimens, mostly 
concentrated round the larger end in two more, and round the 
smaller end in the fifth. They bear a eurious resemblance to 
strongly marked eggs of Z'urdus viscivorus. They measure respec- 
tively: 1:11 by *82; 1:1 by °8; 1°05 by 85; 1°03 by °8; and 1-02 
by °81. 
5. North-west head of Guadalupe Salyin-Godman Coll. 
River, Central Texas, 5th April 
(H, P. Attwater). 
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