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After the breeding season is over and the young can fly 

 well the Magpies scatter about everywhere, and especially in 

 winter are they widely distributed seeking food. They are 

 seen at Lake Moraine all through the winter, though they do not 

 appear to breed there, as no nests were noted in that vicinity. 

 In the fall there also seems to be a southward migratory 

 movement of the species, as they arc seen in large numbers 

 along the Fountain Valley moving in a southerly direction. 



One day late in September, 1913, three or four Magpies 

 were seen near Monument Valley Park mobbing a couple of 

 Sharp-shinned Hawks, flying at them and annoying them in 

 every way possible. 



Cyanocitta cristata. Blue Jay. 



An accidental visitor, only one instance being known of 

 its occurrence in El Paso County, a bird seen in Colorado 

 Springs October 5, 1902, by E. P. Scheutze. Aiken took one 

 May 27, 1905 near Limon, about 20 miles northeasterly from 

 the northeast corner of the County. Blue Jays are abundant 

 i:i western Kansas almost to the Colorado line, and also at 

 Wray, in northeastern Colorado, and with the settlement of 

 the intervening region an overflow through our State within 

 a few years may be looked for. Aiken found them at Good- 

 land, Kansas, and over the country east of there in May, 1899. 

 They were observed in flocks flying from one tree claim to 

 another, which were in most cases several miles apart. 



Cyanocitta stelleri diademata. Long-crested Jay. 



Common resident in the foothills and mountains and on 

 the Divide. 



The Long-crested Jay, or "Blue Jay," as it is usually com- 

 monly called about here, is nearly as familiar a bird about 

 the foothills and caiions as the Magpie, as it flits among the 

 trees and bushes, sociable but shy, and it calls forth many 

 exclamations of admiration from the tourists because of its 



