EGGS OF NOHTII AMERICAN BIRDS. 91 



482. Arizona Jay, Apheloeoma sieherii arizonm. Eggs, 

 3 or 4, oval, f)ale greenish blue, without markings, thus closely 

 resembles a robin's egg; .80 -f- 1.10 to .82 -|- 1.13. Nests 

 placed in bushes, composed of twigs and rootlets lined with 

 grasses. Breeds in Arizona and Southern New Mexico, in 

 April and May. 



483. Green Jay, Xanthov.ra hixuosa. Eggs, 3 or 4, oval, 

 grayish white, thickly spotted with brown and pale lilac j .80 

 -\- 1.01 to .82 -\- 1.11. Nests placed in trees, composed of 

 twigs and rootlets, flat and thin in structure. Breeds in the 

 valley of the Lower Rio Grande, Texas, and southward into 

 Eastern Mexico. 



484. Canada Jay, Perisorens canadensis. Eggs, 4, 5, or 

 6, oval, pale gray, spotted and blotched with grayish brown 

 and slate; .55 -f- 1-05 to .90 -\-1.1b. Nests placed in trees, 

 composed of sticks, weeds, and grass, lined with fine roots and 

 feathers. Breeds in Northern New England, Michigan, and 

 Canada, northward to Arctic America. 



484a. Rocky Mountain Jay, Perisoreus canadensis capi- 

 talis. Eggs, probably indistinguishable from those of No. 

 484. Breeds in the Rockj'^ Mountain region of the United 

 States, south to New Mexico and Arizona. 



4845. Alaskan Jay, Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons. 

 Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 484. Breeds in 

 Alaska. 



484c. Labrador Jay, Perisoreus canadensis nigricapillus. 

 Eggs, indistinguishable from tliose of No. 484. Breeds in the 

 coast region of Labrador, -lorth to Ungava Bay. 



485. Oregon Jay, Perisoreus ohscurus. Eggs, similar to 

 those of No. 484. Breeds on the Northwest coast, from the 

 Sierra Nevada, in California, to British Columbia. 



486. Mexican Raven, Corvus corax siniiatns. Eggs, 

 similar to those of No. 486a. Breeds in Western United 

 States, south to Guatemala. See Ridgway, in " Manual of 

 North American Birds," 1887. 



