32 THE CALIFORNIA JAY. 
_ Range in Washington.—Of limited but regular occurrence along the banks 
of the Columbia west of the Cascades. Resident. 
Authorities.—|[“California Jay,” Johnson Rep. Gov. W. T. 1884 (1885), 22]. 
[ Belding, Land Birds Pac. Dist. (1890) p. 111]. Aphelocoma californica, Law- 
rence, Auk, July, 1892, p. 301. 
Specimens.—C. 
THRU the western part of Oregon the breeding limits of the California 
Jay do not extend as far north as the Columbia River. I have never 
known of this species nesting about Portland, yet thirty miles south and 
southwest it is not : ; 
at all uncommon. 
Thru the Willam- 
ette Valley, one 
meets this bird 
about as often as 
the Steller Jay. 
The habits of the 
two jays are much 
the same, yet the 
birds are easily 
distinguished by 
their dress, the 
California Jay 
having more re- 
semblance to the 
Blue Jay of the 
East in color but 
lacking the crest, 
while the Steller 
Jay has a dark 
blue and blackish 
coat with the long 
crest: 
According to 
popular opinion, 
the California Jay 
is a bird of bad 
reputation. Many 
people think he 
does nothing but 
Taken in 
Oregon, Photo by 
go about wreck- Finley and Bohlman. 
ing the homes of YOUNG CALIFORNIA JAY. 
