APHELOCOMA. 497 



Eggs of the California Jay vary in shape from a broad oval to a 

 somewhat pointed oval, and are distinctly glossy. The ground- 

 colour varies from pale blue to greyish-green or pale olive-green. 

 The blue examples from Los Angeles are very sparingly marked 

 ■with small spots of reddish-brown, and lilac : the other specimens 

 are more or less spotted all over with reddish-brown or umber- 

 brown and lilac pr ash-grey, the markings being always most 

 numerous towards the larger end, and in some specimens forming 

 a distinct cap. 



1. [CaMtormti] (Smiths. Inst.). Siilvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. California, 2nd May (JFaWace). Crowley Bequest. 



2. Sacramento Valley, California Crowley Bequest. 



(A. L. H.: Tristram Coll.), 

 4. Pasadeua, California, 20tb May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.J. 



3. Los Angeles, Cilliforuia. W. Kadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.], 



Aphelocoma woodhousei (Baird). 



Apheloconia woodhousei, Sharpe, Cat. Birch B. M. iii. p. 114 (1877) ; 

 Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 872, pi. v. fig. 14 (189.5) ; 

 Bidyw. Birds North ^ Middle Amer. iii. p. 333 (1904); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 617 (1909) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 862 (1910). 



Five eggs of Woodhouse's Jay resemble the more strongly 

 marked examples of A. californica described above. 



5 [Western United States.! W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Aphelocoma cyanotis, Eidgway. 



Aphelocoma cyanotis, Bendire, Life-Rist. N. Amer. Birds, ii. p. 382 

 (1895) ; Bidgw. Birds NoHh ^ Middle Amer. iii. p. 335 (1004) j 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 617 (1909). 



Five eggs of the Blue-eared Jay are of a wide oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. The ground-colour in one is greyish-blue and in 

 the remaining four dull greyish-green. All are marked with 

 chestnut and lilae-grey spots : rather faint in two specimens, mostly 

 concentrated round tlie larger end in two more, and round the 

 smaller end in the fifth. They bear a curious resemblance to 

 strongly marked eggs of Turdus viscivorus. They measure respec- 

 tively : 1-11 by -82; 1-1 by -8 ; I'Oa by -85 ; 1-03 by -8 ; and 1-02 

 by -BL 



5. North-west head of Guadalupe Salvju-Godman Coll. 

 River, Central Texas, 5th April 

 [H. P. Attwater). 



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