ALAUDID^E: Larks 



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Arizona Res. Elevated plains of the southeastern part of State, 

 ranging into southwestern New Mexico and north-central Mexico. 



Northern and central Arizona S. V . Recorded as nesting up to 

 10,000 feet, and wintering mostly in northern Mexico. 



MAGPIES, JAYS, etc. Family Corvidae 



Omnivorous in habit ; destructive to young of other species and to smaller 

 wild life generally. Recognized as the most intelligent of our wild birds, 

 they persist in numbers where less canny birds disappear. 



California Res. Locally 

 distributed, in oak regions of 

 Ventura County, California, 

 and northward. Formerly oc- 

 curred in northwestern Los 

 Angeles County. Nests in 

 colonies, often of considerable 



Yellow billed Macjpie 



California Res. Com- 

 mon. Coniferous forest (Tran- 

 sition and Canadian Zones) of 

 mountains. Occasional at lower 

 elevations in winter, and rarely 

 becomes established among 

 foothill oaks. 



fronied Jay 



