CUlt\ lU.li — THE t'UUW.S. 



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Ferisoreus canadensis, IIoxap. 



CANADA JAT; WHISKEY-JACK; MOOSE-BIRO. 



Corvu.i cniwdciisi.i, Linn. Syst. Nut. 1, 17tiil, l.'JS. — FiiitsiKii, I'liil. 'I'niii>. I..\'ll, 1772, 

 382. —Wilson, Am. Oni. Ill, IStl, 33, pi. xxi. — 1!(i.n. Ob.s. 1>S'J4, Nc 42. -Arn. 

 Orii. Iliii;,'. II, 1S34, ^>3 ; V, ls;)ll, 208, pi. evil. Unrnthis eitmitknm, UiiN. (.Siij^gio, 

 1S31 f) Syii. 1828, .18. — .Sw.\in.son, V. nor.-Am. II, 1831, 29.''.. - NnT.u.i., Man. 

 I, 1832, 232. — All). .Svn. 183!>, 1.-.".. III. liir.ls Am. IV, 1842, 121, pi. (vx.\.\iv. 

 DilsDniithiii, (•riiiiK/iiisin, SwM\ni\\, V. lidi'.-Aiii. II, 1831, Appriiilix. I'l n'.suiriis tuinii- 

 rffM.f/.v, |!i)N. List, 1838. — III. t'onspc'ctus, l.sr.O, 375. - Caii. .Mils. Iliin. 18.',1, '21!). 

 — Nkwiikkuv, lii'p. I'. H. R. Swv. VI, iv, 18.')7, 85. — IUikd, liinl.s X. Am. 18.'i8, 

 COO. — t'cpUKs, r. A. N. S. 18(il, 22(1. — S,\mitei,.i, 3fi0. G<irritlii.i /iisfim, VlKlLLor, 

 Nouv. Diet. XII, 1817, 479. /'/<■« uiii-linll.t, W.vni.Kii, Sy.st. Av. 1S27 (Ticii Xo. 14). 

 Oinruliin friic/ii/n-lii/iic/iii.s, .Sw.viNsoN, !•". lloi-.-Aiii. II, 1831, 290, pi. Iv (young). 

 "Coniiiun mci'hdiiu.i, Tkm.minck," Gkay. 



Sp. Chau. 'I'liil gniduiitod ; latoral fuathur.s uboiit one inch shortest. \Viii<,'i< a little 

 shorter than the tail. Head and nouk 

 and forep.'irt of breast white. A 

 rather .sooty plmnbeoiis iniclial patch, 

 becoming' darker behind, from the 

 middle of the cap to the liack, from 

 wliieh it is .separated by iin inter- 

 rn[)ted whitish collar. Rest of upper 

 parts dark ashy-plunilieous ; the outor 

 primaries niarf;iiied, the secondaries, 

 tertials, and tail-featlieis obscurely 

 tipped with white. Ueneatli sinoky- 

 pray. Cri.ssmn whitish. Bill and feet 

 bliick. Length, llXTO ; winj;, .O.Tfj ; 

 tail, fi.OO; tarsus, 1.40. 



Hab. Eastern Northern .Vnicrica 

 into the northern part of United 

 Stall's ; Briti.sh America to Upper 

 Yukon. 



Pfrisori us r/tnaiti'it^is. 



Tlie yoiiiiK of tliis s]K)Gies nee everywhere of a dull sooty-])liiinbGoui3, 

 lighter on the middle of the belly, and more blai.sh-plumbeon.s on tlie wingg 

 and tail. Witli increasing age the region about the base of the bill whitens. 



There is a decided blui.sh cast to the plumbeous of the tail. The wliite 

 frontal ])atc]i has a convex po.^teri' r outline, and is abruptly defined against 

 the blackish of the occiput and nape. 



All s])ecimens from Canada and the Northeastern United States, to the 

 interior of British America, are rererrible to this variety ; in the Yukon 

 Territory specimens sliow a tendency ro var. obscitrus of the northwest coast, 

 having a narrower whitisli frontal patcb. 



Habits. The Canada Jay wtis procured at Fort Sinip,son by ^^^r. Ken- 

 nicott in August, September, and December, and at the same point by ^Ir. 

 llo,ss in March and April, in the years 18G0 and 1861. It was found breed- 



