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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



A. O. U. No. 484. 



NEST AND EGGS OF CANADA JAY. 



CANADA JAY, 



RANGE. 



(Pe:isr>reus oanadeiisis) 



Northern United States including northern New England, New York, 

 Michigan and 'west to the eastern base of the Rockies, aad the whole of 

 southeastern Canada. 



DESCRIPTION, 



Length 11.5 in. back, wings and tail smoky gray, throat white, shad- 

 ing into gray on the under parts; forehead buffy white shading into black 

 ish on the hindhead, the latter color reaching to the eyes. 



The habits, nesting habits, nest and eggs of the following sub-species 

 and species are .indistinguishable or identical with those of the Canada 

 Jay and they will be considered together. 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN JAY, 



RANGE. 



(P. c. capitalis) 



The Rocky Mountains from the southern to the northern boundaries 

 £>i the United States. 



