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HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



BLUE JAY. 



to that of hunger. They were also frequent attend 

 ants on the hunters, and while these were engaged in 

 dressing and skinning their game, the Pies would 

 venture to seize the meat suspended within a foot or 

 two of their heads. 



The Blue Jay (Garrulus cristatus) and the (Grarru- 

 lus Stelleri) according to Farnham, are quite common. 



Of the Woodpeckers, the ( Oolaptes Mexicanus), and 

 the Flicker or Golden- winged Woodpecker, (Oolaptes 

 auratus), are the only ones found in California. 



The latter breeds and inhabits throughout North 

 America, from Labrador and the remotest wooded 

 regions of the fur countries to Florida, being partially 

 migratory only from Canada and the Northern States, 



