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c. Bush Jays. Aphelocoina. 



Crestless jays with long, nearly graduated tails and with 

 Fig. 251. no black or white mark- 



ings. 



1. FLOKIDA JAY, 



A. FLORID ANA. 12.00; 



dull blue above: back, 

 ashy ; ashy beneath, 

 streaked across breast 

 with bluish, fig. 253. 

 Scrub lands of Florida. 

 Abundant and gregar- 

 ious ; not shy ; cries and 

 general habits, very jay- 

 like. 



d. Gray Jays. Perisorevis. 

 Crestless jays with long, loose, titmouse-like plumage 

 with no striking markings. 



1. CANADA JAY, P. canadensis. 12.00; gray, dark- 

 Fig. 252. Fig. 253. 



CO, B, a, 1. 1-10. 



CC, B, 1>, 1. 1-6. ^ CCB, c, 1. 1-6. 



er above especially on head behind ; yeliowfsh on top of head 

 and on neck behind, fig. 254. From northern N. E. to north- 

 ern Mich, northward to Arctic America. Common in heavily 

 wooded sections ; very unsuspicious ; cries, jay-like. 



