EGG CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
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282a. Florida Crow*+-coRVUS FRUGIVORUS FLORIDANUS. Similar to 
those of the Common Crow. Nesting habits similar. S. Florida. 
2826. Northwestern Fish Crow—corvus FRUGIVORUS CAURINUS. Dark 
green, thickly marked with dark brown and olive; four or five; 1.60 by 
1.10. Nests in trees. Northwestern Coast U. S. 
283. Fish Crow—corvus OSSIFRAGUS. Resemble those of the Com- 
mon Crow; five or six; 1.35 by I.10. Nests in trees. Atlantic Coast. 
285. Maximilian’s Nutcracker; Pinon Jay—  GyMNocITTA CYANOCE- 
PHALA. Greenish white, spotted everywhere with small blotches of 
light brown and purple, in some a faint reddish tinge; four; 1.25 by .87. 
Nests in high trees. Rocky Mountains of Colorado, 
286. Black-billed Magpie—pica RusTICA HUDSONICA. Grayish-white, 
with a yellowish tinge, spotted dashed and dotted with markings of pur- 
plish or violet-brown; five to nine; 1.35 by 1.,v. Nests in small bushy 
trees. The nest is dome-shaped. (See Notes.) N. N. A. 
287. Yellow-billed Magpie.—pica nuTTaLii. Light drab, so thickly 
marked with fine cloudings of an obscure lavender color as_ nearly 
to conceal the ground and to give the egg the appearance of an almost 
*violet-brown; six; 1.20 by .92. Nests similar to the Black-billed Magpie. 
(See Notes.) Cal. 
289. Blue Jay—cyanocitra cristata. Brownish-olive and occasion- 
ally olive-drab, thickly spotted with olive-brown; five; 1.10 by .85. Nests 
in trees and bushes. Ey aN Sane 
290, Steller’s Jay—cyANOCITTA STELLERI. Pale green, marked with 
small olive-brown spots; five to seven; 1.22 by .g0. Nests in trees or 
bushes. Pacific Coast of N. A. 
290c. Long-crested Jay—CYANOCITTA STELLERI MACROLOPHA. Light 
green, with fine markings of dark olive-brown and lighter cloudings of 
purplish or violet-brown; six; 1.30 by .g1. Nests in trees and bushes. 
Rocky Mountains of U. S. 
291. Florida Jay—aPHELOCOMA FLORIDANA. Light blue, sparingly 
sprinkled with rufous and black, the spots being larger and more numer- 
ous towards the larger end; three to five; 1.15 by .65. Nests in trees or 
bushes. Fla. 
292. Woodhouse’s Jay —APHELOCOMA woopHoUsEI. Light  bluish- 
green, marked with reddish-brown specks, thickest at the larger end, 
rounded-oval; four; 1.06 by .80. Nests in tangled thickets. 
Rocky Mountains and Middle Province U.S. 
