APPENDIX. 697 



PICA HUDSONIOA. 

 American MaOiPie. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Ch. Size, large. General color, black, with the abdomen, scapularies, and inner webs ofsecond- 

 arie.s white, tail glossed with green, luirplc, and violet, the wings with green, the secondaries and tertiaries 

 with blue. Young, similar to the adult, but with the throat spotted with white. Length, 20.00 ; stretch, 

 25.30; wing, 8.00; tail, 11.00; bill, I.'J.j ; tarsus, 1.85. Occurs as a constant resident in Western North 

 America ( excepting California) north to Alaska; east to the edge of the plains, straggling in winter to 

 Northern Illinois and Michigan. 



DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND EGGS. 

 Nests, placed in trees and bushes, composed of stalks and twigs with the inside plastered with mud' 

 formed into a dome-like structure, and lined with grasses and feathers. The entrance hole is on one side. 

 Eggs, six to nine in number, oval in form, pale green in color, thickly spotted with grayish and purplish 

 brown. Dimensions, 1. 25 by .90 to 1.30 by .')5. 



CYANUliUS CRISTATA FLORINCOLA 

 Floriha Blue Jay. 



Sdb Sp. Ch. Similar to the Blue Jay but smaller, with the bill proportionately larger. The crest is 

 smaller and the white areas less. Occurs as a resident in Florida. Nests and eggs similar to those of the 

 Blue Jay. 



PERISOREUS CANADENSIS NIGRICAPILLUS. 

 Labrador Jay. 



DESCRIPTION. 

 SrB Sp. Ch. Size and general coloration of the Canada Jay, but darker on crown, blacker and darker on 

 sides of the head with the white of the forehead less extended. Labrador. 



Notes on the Florida Jay. Habits. In the winter of 18S6, I t'oiuid this .species 

 conimon in the scrub lands between Banniuia River and Mo.sijuito Lagoon, Florida. They 

 were breeding there, and I found a number of nests containing eggs the last week in April. 

 The nests were placed in bushes generally about as high as my head, and the birds when 

 setting were exceedingly tame. But all tlie Jays of this region were remarkably unsus- 

 picious. Mr. Sacket, who had an orange grove on tiie river, had .succeeded in taming three 

 Florida Jays, and they soon became familiar with me, alighting on liiy out-stretched hand 

 to take food, coming readily when called. I also found a nest of this Jay at Enterprise 

 the first week in May which contained nearly fresh eggs. 



CORVUS CARNIVORUS PRINCIPALIS. 



Northern Raven. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sub Sp. Ch. This is a name given by Mr. Ridgway in his Manual to the northern form of Raven, 

 described in the body of this book ( See page 451 ). 



CORVUS AMERICANOS FLORIDANUS. 

 Florida Crow. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sub Sp. Ch. Under this name it may be well to recognize the crow of Florida, which is smaller than 

 northern birds but with a particularly large bill. 



