FAMILY COHVIDvE. — -JAYS, CKOWS, ETC. 



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Group 3. Wing, 5.50 to 6.50 inches long. 



Upper iiarts, pule blue, or purplish blue; tail, bright blue, barred with lilaoli, ami 

 (except middle feathers) tipped witli whit(^; wings, blue, marked with white; 

 underparts, ashy white; breast, witli black band. Blue Jay. 



CyaniKitta cristata 

 See No. 360. 



Forehead, throat, and sides of head, dull whiter; back of crown and nape, black- 

 ish; back, gray; underparts, ashy, palest on the throat. 



Canada Jay. 



Peiisurenn ciuMdi'iifiis^ mid races. 

 See No. 363. 



Group 4. Wing, 6.50 to 8.50 inches long. 



Head and breast, black; tail, long, showing more oi- less greeu and purple reflec- 

 tions. American flagpie. 



Pica 2nca hudsunka. 

 See No. 359. 



SUBFAMILY CORVIN/E. 



Crows and Ravens. 



Group 5. Wing, 9.50 to 15 inches long. 



Plumage, black; wing, over 

 11.50; tarsus, over 2.10; 

 bill, over l.SO. 



Crow. 



Corvns Hiiicricaims, ami races. 

 See No. 366. 



