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281 (481. i) Aphelocoma insularis Henshaw. 



Santa Cruz Island Jav. 

 Status — Common resident on Santa Cruz Island. 



282 (485) Perisoreus obscurus obscurus (Ridgway) Sharpe. 



Oregon Jay. 



Status — Fairly common resident in the humid coast Boreal in the extreme northwestern 

 comer of the State; south to the vicinity of Mendocino, Mendocino County. 



283 (485 a) Perisoreus obscurus griseus Ridgway. 



Gray Jay. 



Syn. — Perisoreus canadensis; Perisoreus obscurus^ part; Perisoreus canadensis var. 



obscurus. 

 Status — Fairly common resident of the Boreal Zone in the Northern Sierras; recorded 



from Mount Shasta south to Summit, Placer County- 



284 (486) Corvus corax sinuatus (Wagler) Ridgway. 



American Raven. 



Syn. — Corvus corax; Corvus carnivor us; Corvus corax carnivorus\ Corims catatotl; Corvus 

 cacalotl. 



Status^— Common resident in southern California; especially numerous on the Santa Bar- 

 bara Islands; rather rare north of the Tehacliapi Mountains, though recorded north to 

 Red Bluff and Humboldt Bay. 



285 (487) Corvus cryptoleucus Couch. 



White-necked Raven. 



Status — Resident in southern California; recorded west to Fort Ttjon and San Fernando 

 Valley. 



286 (488) Corvus americanus hesperis Ridgway. 



California Crow. 



Syn. — Corvus americanus; Corvus frugivorus; Corvus caiirinus; Corvus ossifragus; Cor- 

 vus americanus var. caurinus; Corone aniericana. 

 Status — Common resident locally in the interior valleys as well as coastwise.. 



287 (491) Nucifraga columbiana (Wilsou) Audubon., 



Clark Nutcracker. 



Syn. — Picicorvus colutnbianus. 



Status — Common resident in the pineries of the Sierras, chiefly in the Boreal Zone; re- 

 corded from Mount Shasta to the San Bernardino Mountains, and casually in winter 

 west to Point Reyes. 



