CRACTBS. — CTANOCITTA. 



495 



4. Muonioniska, Lapland, 6th April 

 (Meves). 



4. Muonioniska, 20tli April (Knob- 

 lock). 



3. Muonioniska, 8tli April. 



1. Muonioniska, 29tli April (Tris- 



tram Coll.). 



2. Rowa, East Bothnia, 26th May. 



1. Salmorvaara, East Bothnia (/. 



Wollep). 



4. Kangas-jai'wi, E. Bothnia, April. 



2. Finland (J. Wolley : Tristram 



Coll.). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Cractes canadensis (Linn.). 



Perisoreus canadensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 104 (1877) ; 



Jeffries, Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. vii. p. 181 (1882) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. 



N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 385, pi. iii. figs, 18, 19 (1895). 

 Perisoreus canadensis canadensis, Uidgw. Birds Nwth 8/- Middle Amer. 



iii. p. 366 (1904). 

 Cractes canadensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 614 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 361 (1910;. 



Two eggs of the Canada Jay resemble those of O. infaustus. 

 They measure respectively: 1'16 by -85, and 1-12 by -82. 



2. [Canada.] Crowley Bequest. 



Genus CYANOCITTA, StricM. 



Cyanocitta cristata {Linn.). 



Corvus cristatus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xli. figs. 7 a-c 



(1845-64). 

 Cyanocitta cristata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 107 (1877) ; Nehrl. 



Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI. vii. p. 168 (1882); Bendire, Life-Hist. 'N. Amer. 



Birds, ii. p. 356, pi. v. figs. 5, 6 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 615 



(1909) ; Nehrh. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 361 (1910). 

 Cyanocitta cristata cristata, Ridgw. Birds North £/• Middle Amer. iii. 



p. 347 (1904). 



Eggs of the American Blue Jay are of a regular rather wide oval 

 shape, sometimes somewhat pointed towards the smaller end, and 

 slightly glossy. The ground-colour varies much, and may be 

 dull greyish-green, pale olive-green, pale olive-brown, and occa- 

 sionally pale whitish-buflF. The shell is usually finely spotted all 

 over, especially round the larger end, with umber-brown, or 

 vandyke-brown and ash-grey or lilac-grey, but in some examples 

 the markings are fewer and larger. They vary in length from 

 1-02 to 1-2, and in breadth from -81 to -85. 



