38 THE WHITE-HEADED JAY. 
willows along creek bottoms some twenty miles from pine timber. On the 
other hand, they do not assert, with the Gray Jays and Clark Crows, the right 
to range the mountain heights: but are quite content to maintain their 
unholy inquisition amidst the groves and thickets of the valley floors. 
They are, perhaps, not so noisy as the Steller Jays, being less confident 
of their cover; and their notes are rather more musical (breath of pines is 
better than fog for the voice) ; but for the rest they are the same vivacious, 
intrepid, resourceful mischief-makers as their kin-folk everywhere. 
No. 12. 
WHITE-HEADED JAY. 
A. O. U. No. 484a. Perisoreus canadensis capitalis Ridgw. 
Synonyms.—Rocxy Mountain Jay. “Canapa” Jay. WHISKEY JACK. 
WissKACHON. CAMP Rosser. Moose-pirp. Mrat Hawk. MEatT-pirp. 
Description.—Adults: General color plumbeous ash lightening below ; whole 
head white save space about and behind eye connected with broad nuchal patch 
of slaty gray; wings and tail blackish overlaid with silver gray; tail tipped with 
white and wings more or less edged with the same. Bill and feet black; iris 
brown. Young birds much darker and more uniform in coloration than aduits— 
slaty gray to sooty slate with lighter crown and some whitish edging on under- 
parts. Length 12.00-13.00; wing 6.00 (152); tail 5.75 (145); bill .82 (21); 
tarsus 1.38 (35). 
Recognition Marks.—Robin size; slaty gray coloration. White of head 
with its abruptly defined patch of slate on hind neck distinctive as compared with 
related species of the genus Perisoreus. 
Nesting.—Has not been reported for Washington but bird undoubtedly 
breeds in the Kalispell range. Nest: in coniferous tree, a large compacted mass 
of the softest and warmest substances,—twigs for a foundation, then grasses, 
abundant moss, plant-down and feathers. Eggs: 3-5, usually 4, grayish white, 
spotted and blotched with brown having a tinge of purplish. Av. size 1.15 x .85 
(29.2 x 21.6). Season: Feb.-April; one brood. 
General Range.—Higher ranges of the Rocky Mountain district from 
British Columbia to Arizona. 
Range in Washington.—Mountains of northeastern corner of State and 
(probably) the Blue Mountains. 
Authorities.—[“White-headed Jay,” Johnson, Rep. Gov. W. T., 1884 
(1885) 22.] Ridgway, Birds of North and Middle America, Vol. III. p. 371, 
(“Sinzoknoteen Depot, etc.”). 
THE casual observer, camping first on Calispell Peak in Stevens County, 
and later on Mt. Stuart, in southern Chelan County, might fail to note any 
