220 KEY TO CROWS AND JAYS 



FIG. 137. 

 Blue Jay. 



Key to Crows and Jays. 



1. Plumage black. 



2. Lustrous, with purple and green reflections. Voice 

 hoarse (car). Found by water, or not far inland. 



p. 16. FISH CROW. 



2'. Larger, less lustrous, sometimes dingy. Voice clear 

 (caw). Found everywhere. 



p. 11. AMERICAN CROW. 



1'. Plumage blue or gray. 



3. Head crested ; upper parts purplish ; a black band 

 around head and throat ; wings and tail blue, marked 

 with black and white .... p. 154. BLUE JAY. 



3'. Head not crested ; upper parts gray ; top of head 

 white ; nape blackish. Found in northern coniferous 

 forests . p. 217. CANADA JAY. 



