328 LAND BIRDS 
California Breeding Range: Higher mountains of Northern California. 
Breeding Season: March 15 to May 15. 
Nest: Compactly built of fine twigs, interlaced with dry grass, moss, 
and plant fibre; lined with fine tree moss; placed usually high up 
in fir trees. 
Eggs: 4 or 5; pearl or greenish gray, spotted and flecked quite evenly 
with lavender and gray. Size 1.04 X 0.79. 
WE are accustomed to think of jays as mostly blue, or, 
at least, having some blue in their plumage, but here is 
a variety that has not a single blue feather. 
From the tip of his crestless head 4a a to the 
7% 
tip of his long 
tail he is sober 
black, white, and 
Nor is he smooth 
appearance, as 
the coast, blue- 
fornia jays. As 
brownish gray. 
and elegant in 
are his relatives, 
ronted, and Cali- 
fronted, and Cali 
some one has said, he looks 
“1 485. OREGON JAY. 
much more like an overgrown 
s ‘** Not a single blue feather.” 
chickadee. 
Like the chickadee also, he is easily tamed, coming 
to house or camp for food and becoming so familiar as to 
be a source of great amusement. It is only necessary 
to settle oneself quietly and feed him to be overwhelmed 
with his attentions. Mr. Anthony tells of a funny ex- 
perience with these birds. He says: “ While dressing 
deer in the thick timber I have been almost covered with 
