526 ORNITHOLOGY. 



This species may be instantly distinguished at a distance from the C. 

 u'oodhousii l)y the conspicuous contrast between the pale gray of the back 

 and the blue of the wings and tail, as well as bv the ])iire white lowei* 

 parts; the colors of C. ivoodhousii being much more imiform, appearing 

 almost entirely dull grayish-blue, brighter on the wings and tail. The 

 notes, however, appear to be much the same in the two species. 



List of specimens. 



558, i ail.; Carson City, Nevada, April 29, 1868. Sage-brush, below pines. 12^ 

 — 1(5— 5J — IJ. 15111, tarsi, and toes, deep i)lack; iris, bister. 



55'J, S (ul; Carson City, Nevada, April 29, 1868. 12J— 10— 5}— 41 Same re- 

 marks. 



500, ? ad.; Carson City, Nevada, April 29, 1868. 1I^_15|— 5}— 4'-. Same re- 

 marks. 



Cyanocitta woodhousii. 



fl'oodlioiise's Jay. 



{We'-uhk of the Paiutes.) 



Cyanocitta iroodhou-sii, Baird, 13. N. Am., 1858, 585, pi. 59; Cat. N. Am. B., 



1859, No. 4:5s.— CooPKE, Oru.Cal., I, 1870, 304. 

 Aphelocoma floridana var. tcoodhousii, Allex, Bull. Miis. Comp. Zool., Ill, 1872, 



179._CouES, Key, 1872, 100 ; Check List, 1873, No. 236a ; B. N.W., 1874, 



219. 

 Cyanocitta californica var. icoodhousii, B. B. & E., Hist. N. Am. B., II, 1874, 291, jtl. 



XL, fip. 3. 

 Cyanocitta floridana var. icoodhousii, UEN.snAW, 1875, 337. 



This very interesting bird we found to be the most generally-distrib- 

 uted species of the family, since it occurred on nearly every range where 

 there was water in the main canons, or extensive woods of nut-pine and 

 cedar on the slopes ; it was said to occasionally visit the wooded valleys of 

 tlie Truckee and Carson Rivers, but we never saw it at either place, 

 although it was found to be more or less common in the similar valley of 

 the Weber, in Utah. At our camp on the western slope of the West Plum- 

 boldt Mountains, it was very abundant in September, and one of the most 

 familiar birds of the neighborhood. It was veiy unsuspicious where not 

 molested, and anything unusual in the occupation of any one about the 



