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KEY TO THE BIKDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Qroup 2. Wing, 4.75 to 5.50 inches long. 



Upper i:):irts, p:ile lilue ui' purplish lilue ; tuil, bright blue, 

 barred with black and (except middle feathers), tipped with 

 white ; wiugs, blue, marked ^^■ith white ; xiuderparts, ashy 

 white; ))reaRt with l)hick baud. 



Blue Jay. 



Cyanocitta cristahi, and races. 

 See No. 360. 



No blue on plumage any- 

 wliei'e; greater part of 

 crown, dusky; Ijreast and 

 belly, gray ; t li roat , 



lighter. 



Canada Jay. 



Perisareus canadensis,, and races. 

 See Nos. 463 and 464. 



