ORDER PASSERES. 1 99 



484 dj. Perisoreus canadensis capitalis Ridgw. 



Rocky Mountain Jay. 



Perisoreus canadensis var. capitalis ''Baird MS." Ridgw. Bull. 

 Essex Inst. V. Nov. 1873, 193. 



[B— , C 239<^, R 297«, C 362.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Rocky Mountain region of the United States, south 

 to New Mexico and Arizona. 



484^. Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons Ridgw. 



Alaskan Jay. 



Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. III. 

 March 27, 1880, 5. 



[B— , C— R297^, C360.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Alaska, except southern coast district. 



484 f. Perisoreus canadensis nigricapillus Ridgw. 



Labrador Jay. 



Perisoreus canadensis nigricapillus Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 V. June 5, 1882, 15. 



[B-, C-R— C— .] 

 Geog. Dist. — Coast district of Labrador, north to Ungava Bay. 



485. Perisoreus obscurus (Ridgw.). 



Oregon Jay. 



Perisoreus canadensis var. obscurus Ridgw. Bull. Essex Inst. Nov. 



1873, 194. 

 Perisoreus obscurus Sharpe, Brit. Mus. Cat. B. III. 1877, 105. 

 [B— , C 239^, R298, C361.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Northwest coast, from the northern Sierra Nevada 

 and Humboldt Bay, in California, to British Columbia. 



Subfamily CORVINiE. Crows. 



Genus CORVUS Linn^us. 



Corvus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 105. Type, by elimination, 

 C. cor ax Linn. 



