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c. Bush Jays. Aphelocoma. 



Crestless jays with long, nearly graduated tails and with 

 Fig. 251. no black or white mark- 



ings. 



1. FLORIDA JAY, 



A. F L O R I D A N A. 12.00 ; 



dull blue above: back, 

 ashy ; ashy beneath, 

 streaked across breast 

 with bluish, fig. 253. 

 Scrub lands of Florida. 

 Abundant and gregar- 

 ious; not shy; cries and 

 general habits, very jay- 

 OC, B, a, 1. 1-10. like. 



d. Gray Jays. Perisoreus. 



Crestless jays with long, loose, titmouse-like plumage 

 with no striking markings. 



1. CANADA JAY, P. CANADENSIS. 12.00; gray, dark- 

 Fig. 252. Fig. 253. 



CC, B, b, 1. 1-6- CC, B, c, 1. 1-6. 



er above especially on head behind ; yeliowfsh on top of head 

 and on neck behind, fig. 254. From northern N. E. to north- 

 ern Mich, northward to Arctic America. Common in heavily 

 wooded sections; very unsuspicious; cries, jay-like. 



