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ZOOLOdY— BIKDS. 



nest as " composed otitwardly of dead twigs, then of fine roots, and lined 

 with fine rootlets and horse hair." The eggs are of a light bluish-green, 

 marked with reddish-brown spots, most numerous at the larger end. 



CYANOCITTA ULTKAMARINA (Bon.), var. ARIZONAE, Ridg. 



Arizona «Fay. 



Tlate XII. 

 Cyanocitta sordida, Bd., U. S. & Me.t. Bound. Siirv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 21.— COUES, 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 18G0, 92 (Fort BuGhaiiaii, Dr. Irwin ; Copper 



Mines, J. H. Clark). 

 Cyanocitta sordUla var. arizona', Ridg., Rep. U. S. Geol. Exp. 40tli Par. (in pres.s). — 



CouES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 129. 

 Cyanocitta ultramarina var. arizonw, Bd., Bkew., & Ridg., N. A. Bird.s, ii, 1874, 292, 



pi. xli, f. 2. 



I first saw this species when encamped in a narrow, rocky canon, thirty 

 miles south of Camp Apache, Ariz. The sides of the canon and the neigh- 

 boring heights were well* covered with a small species of oak, which were 

 habitually frequented by these birds, the fruit of which doubtless forms a 

 part of their food. They were not very numerous, but appeared to keep in 

 small flocks of from six to twelve. Occasionally they were seen upon the 



