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CANADA JAY 



and Green Mountains may be fortunate enough 

 to see the Canada Jays, or, as they are known 

 from a corruption of their Indian name, Wiss-ka- 

 chion, Whiskey Jacks ; but when camping out one 

 is most likely to see them. They are the constant 

 attendants and companions of the lumbermen, 

 trappers, and hunters along 

 the Canadian border. In 

 northern Maine Mr. Man- 

 ley Hardy reports that 

 " they will enter tents and 

 often alight on the bow of 

 a canoe where the paddle 

 at every stroke comes with- 

 in eighteen inches of them." They seem without 

 fear of man, and help themselves 1 freely to any- 

 thing eatable about camp. They are remarkably 



FIG. 135. 

 Bill of Blue Jay. 



FIG. 136. 

 Bill of Crow. 



attractive birds, and give life and interest to the 

 dark, evergreen forests which they inhabit. 



Like the ordinary Jay they are hoarders. 



