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season, returning about middle April, breeding in May, and leaving 
again in late October. Spreading westward rapidly. 
478c. Cyanocitta stelleri annectens (Baird)—BLACcK-HEADED Jay. 
One record for the state, a bird seen in Sioux county on the tim- 
ber reserve west of Fort Robinson in April, 1891, by Bruner. This 
bird is common in eastern Wyoming. The Long-crested Jay, 478b. 
C. s. diademata (Bonaparte), is the Colorado form, occurring also in 
southern Wyoming and might occur in winter in southwestern Ne- 
braska. 
[480. Aphelocoma woodhouseii (Baird)—WoopHousr Jay. This was re- 
corded in Bruner’s list as a common ‘‘transient visitor’? at North 
Platte by M. K. Barnum, but it was confused with the Pinon Jay. 
The Woodhouse Jay, however, is a common resident in Colorado, 
and has been taken from October to April at Fort Lyon, so may 
occasionally reach the state.] 
484. Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus)—CANADA Jay. 
Very rare winter visitor. The only record is the one by Bruner, 
who saw a specimen of this bird at West Point either the last few days 
in February or in early March, 1886. There is no question as to iden- 
tification as the bird was approached to within a few feet. 
484a. Perisoreus canadensis capitalis Ridgway—Rocky Mountain Jay. 
Probably a regular winter visitant to northwest Nebraska. Bruner 
has noted it three times—near Belmont in the spring of 1889, at the 
timber reservation west of Ft. Robinson in April, 1891, and at the 
head of Monroe canyon in February, 1896. 
486. Corvus corax sinuatus (Wagler) AMERICAN RAVEN. 
Formerly frequent, now very rare if not extinct inthe state. Aughey 
says it ‘‘was formerly frequently seen in Nebraska, especially in its 
northern part; latteriy (1877) seldom met with.’”? He examined a 
single one in June, 1865. Bruner has noted it in Brown county and 
near Sidney. L. Skow reports it from Omaha. Whether any of 
these records pertain to the eastern form (468a. C.c. principalis Ridg- 
way) can not now be determined beyond doubt, but it is not probable 
that they do. 
487. Corvus cryptoleucus Couch—WHITE-NECKED RAVEN. 
Aughey states that he saw this raven but once in Nebraska, on the 
Republican river near the west line of the state in April, 1877. Bruner 
noted it once near Sidney. . Now probably extinct within our bor- 
ders. 
488. *Corvus brachyrhynchos C. lL. Beehm—Crow. 
Resident over the whole state, abundant eastward, becoming rare 
westward, but steadily spreading in that direction. Rare west of 
98th meridian, but reaching regularly up the Niobrara to Long Pine; 
only once seen at Crawford till Aug., 1903, when Bruner observed 
