Perching Birds Marked With Blue 



477. Blue Jay (Cvanocitta cristata). L. 11.7. Ads. 

 Above gray-blue, breast and sides washed with grayish; 

 white tip to outer tail-feather rarely less than one inch 

 long. Notes. Varied; commonly a loud harsh jay jay\ 

 often whistling calls and imitations of the notes of 

 ether birds, particularly of common Hawks. 



Range. Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 Georgia and northern Texas north to Labrador and Hudson Bay 

 region; resident, except at northern part of range. 



477a. Florida Blue Jay (C. c. florincola}. Simi- 

 lar to No. 477, but smaller, L. 10; blue above with a 

 purplish tinge; greater wing-coverts more narrowly 

 barred with black and tipped with white. 



Range. Florida and Gulf Coast to southeastern Texas. 



482. Arizona Jay (Aphelocoma sieberii ari^once} . L. 

 13; W. 6.3; T. 5.8. Ads Above grayish blue, head, 

 wings and tail brighter than back; below unstreaked, 

 gray breast tinged with bluish; belly whiter. Notes. 

 Noisy, harsh, and far-reaching. (Bendire.) 



Range. Northern Mexico, north to southern New Mexico and 

 Arizona. 



482a. Couch Jay (A. s. couchi). Similar to No- 

 482, but smaller; W. 5.8; T. 5.3; bluer above, throat 

 whiter. 



Range. "Eastern Mexico, extending to western Texas in theChlsos 

 Mountains." (Bailey.) 



492. Pinon Jay (Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus}. L. 

 n; T. 4.8. Ads. Above nearly uniform grayish blue, 

 head slightly darker; below slightly paler, throat streak- 

 ed with white. Notes. Variable, some as harsh as 

 those of No. 491, others like gabble of Magpie; others 

 like Jays' common call a shrill, querulous, peek, peeh\ 

 when on ground maintain a constant chatter. (Ben- 

 dire.) 



Range. Western North America, from New Mexico and Lower 

 California north to southern British Columbia; east to Rockies, west 

 to Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges. 



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