CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 407 
mon; common around lumber camps at Fernie, B.C., in 1904; one 
seen at Midway, B.C., April, 1905, but common later and breeding 
at Sidley, west of Midway; only a few observed at Penticton, B.C., 
in April, 1903. (Spreadborough.) Only once taken at Chilliwack, 
B.C.; a common winter resident in Cariboo, B.C.; common winter 
resident at Lake Okanagan. (Brooks.) East of Coast range and in 
Rocky mountain districts of British Columbia. (Fannin.) While 
many of the interior specimens are intermediate, all are more refer- 
able to annectens than to stellert. (Rhoads.) 
478d. Queen Charlotte Jay. 
Cyanocitta stellert carlotte OSGOOD. 1901. 
Queen Charlotte islands, British Columbia. 
Type from Cumshewa inlet, Moresby island, Queen Charlotte 
islands, B.C., taken June 17th, 1900, by W. H. Osgood and E. 
Heller. 
Not uncommon at Skidegate, Queen Charlotte islands, August, 
1895. (Kermode.) One specimen taken at Howkan, Prince of 
Wales island, Alaska. (Ridgway.) 
CXCIV. PERISOREUS Bonaparte. 1831. 
484, Canada Jay. 
Perisoreus canadensis (LINN.) BOoNnapP. 1838. 
Common all the way from Missinabi, on the Canadian Pacific 
railway, down the Moose river, and through Ungava to Ungava bay 
in 1896, and in 1904 north to Cape Henrietta Maria on the west 
coast of Hudson bay. (Spreadborough.) An abundant resident 
in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) A common winter resident in Cumber- 
land county, N.S.; very fearless, coming about the buildings for 
scraps; I saw birds with grass in their bills late in March; they 
evidently nest in April. (C. H. Morrell.) A few observed at Bad- 
deck, Cape Breton island. (F. H. Allen.) A common resident at 
Sydney, Cape Breton island, but could find no one who had ever 
seen a nest. (C. R. Harte.) Not uncommon in back districts in 
Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) 
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