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Audubon says they store away berries and nuts 

 in hollow trees, or between the layers of bark on 

 decaying branches, the provision secured enabling 

 them to pass the winter in comfort and rear their 

 young before the snow is off the ground. 



With the Canada Jay we finish the family of 

 Crows and Jays. The two Crows can be told 

 apart by the smaller size of the Fish Crow and 

 its harsh guttural note, while the Blue Jay will 

 never be confused wi|h its gray Canadian cousin. 

 As a group they are powerful birds of marked 

 characters and striking plumage, with heavy bills 

 and strong feet. (See Figs. 135, 136, p. 218.) 

 They walk rather than hop, and use their feet to 

 hold their nuts as they drill them open. 



It will be a help to run over the birds that we 

 have already spoken of, for we have filled several 

 gaps since the last enumeration. 



Land Birds : I. Grouse and Quail. II. Pigeons 

 and Doves. III. Birds of Prey. IY. Cuckoos 

 and Kingfishers. V. Woodpeckers. VI. Goat- 

 suckers, Hummingbirds, Swifts. VII. Perching 

 Birds : 1. Flycatchers ; 2. Crows and Jays ; 

 3. Blackbirds and Orioles ; 4. Finches and Spar- 

 rows ; 5. Tanagers ; 6. Swallows ; 7. Wax wings. 



