82 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 

 30. BLUE JAY 



Cyanocitta cristata 



The Blue Jay on comparatively late mi- 

 gration dates has quite regularly made its 

 appearance in the Garden, giving its loud 

 "jay" cries. It has appeared in the larger 

 miration movements, and generally in the 

 middle of May and later rather than in 

 April. I have records of but two April 

 appearances, namely, in the middle of the 

 month; while a Jay has come with the 

 warblers, flycatchers, and later sparrows 

 several seasons on the date May 14, and 

 at other times between May 18 and 26, a 

 single bird in every instance. Mr. E. E. 

 Caduc informs me that occasionally in the 

 month of June, 1908, the cry of a Jay came 

 to his ear while he was in the Garden. 



There have been three October records 

 of a Jay present, in 1905, 1906, and 1908. 



I know of the presence of the Blue Jay 

 in the Garden only at these migration 

 seasons, and then only transitorily, a bird 

 seldom being noted a second day. 



