June, 1902. CHECK-IvLST OF CALIFORNIA BIRDS 45 



274 (474 g, part) Otocoris insularis (Townsend) Grinnell. 



Island Horned Lark. 



vSyN. — Otocoris aipestris insularis; Phileremos cornutus, part; Otocoris alpestris strigata, 



part; Otocoris a/pesiris rnbea, part. 

 Status — Common resident on the Santa Barbara Islands. 



275 (475) Pica hudsonica (Sabine) Bonaparte. 



American Magpie. 



Syn. — Pica pica; l^ica nuianoleuca va.r. hudsonica; Pica ptca hudsonica. 

 vStaTus — Common resident along the eastern border of the State east of the Sierras; re- 

 corded north to Alturas and Shasta Valley and south to Mono Lake, 



276 (476) Pica nuttalli Audubon. 



Yellow-billed Magpie. 



Syn. — Pica nielanoleuca nutlalH, Pica caudata var. nuttalli; Cleptes nuttalli. 

 Status — Common resident locally in Sonoran west of the Sierra Nevada, north to Red 

 Bluff and south to Santa Paula. 



277 (478, part) Cyanocitta stelleri carbonacea Grinnell. 



Coast Jay. 



Syn. — Cyanocitta stelleri, part,- Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis , part; Cyanura stelleri^ part 

 .Status — Common resident of . Transition south through the humid coast belt to the Santa 



Lucia Mountains in Southern Monterey County; in winter wanders a short distance into 



the interior valleys to the eastward, 



278 (478 a) Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis (Ridgway) Boucard, 



Blue-fronYed Jay. 



Syn. — Cyanocitta stelleri part; Cyanura stelleri, part; Cyanura stelleri frontalis. 



Status — Common resident of Transition along the whole length of the Sierras frou; 



Mouni Shasta south through the Cuyamaca Mountains; occurs down into the valleys tc 



the westward in winter. 



279 (480) Aphelocoma woodhousei (Baird) Ridgway, 



WooDHOUsE Jay. 



vStaTus — Common resident along the desert ranges east of the Sierra Nevada; recorded 

 south to the Coso Mountains and north to Chat, Lassen County. 



380 (481) Aphelocoma californica californica (Vigors) Cabauis. 



California Jay. 



Syn. — Cyanocitta californica; Cyanocorax californiius; (Sarrulus californicus; Cyanocitta 

 fioridana californica; Aphelocoma californica obscura; Garrulus ultrimarinus; Aphelo 

 coma Jloridana var. californica. 



.Status — Abundant resident of Upper Sonoran west of the Sierras; rs^nges locally up into 

 Transition, 



