90 EGGS OF NORTE AMERICAN BIRDS. 



of No. 478. Breeds on the northwest coast of North America, 

 from Vancouver's Island northward. Described by Maynard 

 in the " Ornithologist and Oologist" for April, 1889. 



479. Florida Jay, Aphelocoma floridana. Eggs, 3 or 4, 

 varying from oval to rounded oval, rather bright green, spotted 

 and blotched irregularly, but usually more thickly on the larger 

 end, with reddish brown and lilac; .75 -|- 1.00 to .80 -[- 1-10. 

 Breeds in Florida, from St. Augustine south to the lower end 

 of Merritt's Island, and from Tampa Bay north to Cedar 

 Keys, but in this area restricted to the scrub lands, in April 

 and May. Nests composed of sticks lined with the fibrous 

 strings that grow at the base of the saw-palmetto fronds, and 

 placed in bushes. 



480. Woodhouse's Jay, Aphlocoma looodhoiisei. Eggs, 

 4 or 5, quite oval, pale bluish green, marked with reddish 

 brown spots, more thickly at the larger end ; .80 -\- 1.06 to 

 .82 -f- 1.08. Nests composed of twigs lined with horse-hair, 

 placed in bushes. Breeds in the middle province of the 

 United States, north to Eastern Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and 

 Wyoming, east to Colorado and New Mexico, west to Nevada 

 and Arizona, in May. 



481. California Jay, Aphlocoma californica. Eggs, 4 or 

 5, oval, rather bright green, spotted and blotched with purplish 

 brown and umber; .80 -f- 1.05 to .85 -f- 1.20. Nests placed 

 in trees and bushes, composed of twigs lined with grass and 

 horse-hail'. Breeds in the Pacific coast region, including both 

 slopes of the Sierra Nevada, from the Columbia River to 

 Cape St. Lucas, in May. 



481«. X^vNTHus's Jay, Aphlocoma californica hypoleuca. 

 Eggs, unknown. Lower California, in the vicinity of Cape 

 St. Lucas. See Ridgway, in "Manual of North American 

 Birds," 1887. 



4815. Santa Cruz Jay, Aphlocoma insidaris. Eggs, un- 

 known. Breeds on Santa Cruz Island, California. Described 

 by Mr. IT. A. Henshaw in the "Auk," October, 1886. 



