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ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



nest as " composed outwardly of dead twigs, then of fine roots, and lined 

 with fine rootlets and horse hair." The eggs are of a light bluish-green, 

 marked with reddish-brown spots, most numerous at the larger end. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsu8. 



260 

 147 

 293 



248 

 250 

 39S 



399 

 400 

 401 

 464 

 5S9 

 868 

 114 



35i 



962 



993 



1009 



1091 



338 



34i 



£ 



i 



£ 

 £ 



s 



£ 

 9 

 £ 

 £ 

 <?jun. 



£ 



9 



<?jun. 



$ 



9 

 £ 

 £ 

 £ 





Sept. 4, 1S72 



Sept. 25, 1S72 



Oct. 5, 1S72 

 Oct. 6, 1S72 

 Nov. 12, 1S72 



do 













H. W. Henshaw 











Dr. H C. Yarrow and 



H. W. Henshaw. 

 H. W. Henshaw 











Iron City, Utah 



do 











do 











Pine Creek, Utah 

 do 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow and 



H. W. Henshaw. 

 do 



















do 



do 



do 











do 



do 



do 













Nov. 25, 1872 

 Sept. 21, 1873 

 Sept. 24, 1S73 

 Sept. 28, 1S73 

 Aug. 11, 1S74 

 do 



. ... do 











Camp Apache, Ariz 



Camj) Grant, Ariz 



Arizona 



Camp Bowie, Ariz 



H. W. Henshaw 

 do 



Dr. C. G. Newberry . . 

 Dr. J. T. Rothrock . . 



4-93 

 5-35 

 5.04 



5-7i 

 5.9S 

 5.68 



1. 06 

 1. 15 

 1. 11 



i-55 

 1.60 

 1.40 



H. W. Henshaw 













.. do .. 



Dr. J. T. Rothrock 











do 



do 



H. W. Henshaw 











.do 



Aug. 20, 1874 



Oct. 12, 1S74 



. . do . . 



... do . 











Fort Garland, Colo 



C. E. Aiken... 











do 

























OYANOGITTA ULTRAMARINA (Bon.), var. ARIZONAE, Eidg. 



Arizona Jay. 



Plate XII. 

 Gyanocitta sordida, Bd., IT. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 21.— Coues, 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1800, 92 (Fort Buchanan, Dr. Irwin ; Copper 



Mines, J. H. Clark). 

 Gyanocitta sordida var. arizonce, Ridg., Bep. U. S. Geol. Exp. 40th Par. (in press). — 



Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1S72, 129. 

 Gyanocitta ultramarina var. arizonce, Bd., Brew., & Ridg., N. A. Birds, ii, 1874, 292, 



pi. xli, f. 2. 



I first saw this species when encamped in a narrow, rocky canon, thirty 

 miles south of Camp Apache, Ariz. The sides of the canon and the neigh- 

 boring heights were well covered with a small species of oak, which were 

 habitually frequented by these birds, the fruit of which doubtless forms a 

 part of their food. They were not very numerous, but appeared to keep in 

 small flocks of from six to twelve. Occasionally they were seen upon the 



