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HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



BLUE JAY. 



to that of hunger. ' Thej were also frequent attend- 

 ants on the hunters, and while these were en^raged in 

 dressing and skinning their game, the Pies would 

 venture to seize the meat suspended within a foot or 

 two of their heads. 



The Blue Jay [Garrulus cristatus) and the {Garru- 

 lus Stelleri) according to Farnham, are quite common. 



Of the Woodpeckers, the [Oolaptes 3Iexicanus), and 

 the Flicker or Golden-winged Woodpecker, {ColajAes 

 auratus), are the only ones found in California. 



The latter breeds and inhabits throughout iSiorth 

 America, from Labrador and the remotest wooded 

 regions of the fur countries to Florida, being partially 

 migratory only from Canada and the Northern States, 



