THE WHITE-HEADED JAY. 



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(lift'crence in tlie soljerly-dressed jays, wlm are the selt-api)iiiiiie(l nverscers 

 of camp economics. For while tlie birds of the two locahtie.s reaUy represent 

 two species, the resemblance in general appearance and behavior is so close 

 as to be virtually negligible afield. 



Of this bird in Colorado, Mr. I'rank M. Drew has ( ►bserved''' : "In 

 autumn when on his first tour of inspection around the hou.se he hops along 

 in a curious sidelong manner, just like a school-girl in a slow hurry. White- 

 headed, grave, and sedate, he seems a very paragon of propriety, and if you 



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appear to be a suitable ])ersonage, he will Ije apt to give you a bit ot advice. 

 Becoming ccjnfidential he sputters out a lot of nonsense in a manner which 

 causes you to think him a \eritable "Whisky Jack": yet. whenever he is 

 disposed, a more bland, mind-his-own-business-appearing bird will be hard 

 to find, as will also lie many small articles around camj) after one ol his 

 visits, for his whimsical brain has a great fancy for anything which may 

 be valuable to you, but perfectly useless to him." 



Hull. .Nult. Orn. Club, Vol. \I. 



