Ig4 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
FamiLty CORVIDZ. Crows, Jays, MAGPIES, ETC. 
SUBFAMILY GARRULINZE. Macpies anp Jays. 
Genus PICA Brisson. 
fica Briss. Orn. II. 1760, 35. Type, Corvus pica LINN. 
475. Pica pica hudsonica (Saz.). 
American Magpie. 
Corvus hudsonicus Sas. App. Frankl. Journ. 1823, 25, 671. 
Pica pica hudsonica JORDAN, Man. Vert. ed. 4, 1884, 94. 
(i 432,\C 233,\R'286, C347.) 
Geroc. Dist.— Northern and western North America, from the 
Plains to the Cascade Mountains and north to Alaska; casually 
east and south to Michigan (accidental in northern Illinois in 
winter), and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico and Arizona. 
Replaced in California, west of the Sierra Nevada, by the next 
species. 
476. Pica nuttalli Aun. 
Yellow-billed Magpie. 
Pica nuttalli AuD. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 450, pl. 362. 
[B 433, C 2334, R 287, C 348.] 
Geroc. Dist.— California, west of the Sierra Nevada, from Sacra- 
mento Valley south to about latitude 34°, locally distributed. 
Genus CYANOCITTA SrrickLanp. 
Cyanocitta STRICKL. Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. 1845, 261. Type, 
Corvus cristatus LINN. 
477. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). 
Blue Jay. 
Corvus cristatus LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 106. 
Cyanocitta cristata STRICKL. Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. 1845, 261. 
