CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 4O7 



mon; common around lumber camps at Fernie, B.C., in 1904; one 

 seen at Midway, B.C., April, 1905, but common later and breeding 

 at Sidley, west of Midway; only a' few observed at Penticton, B.C., 

 in April, 1903. (Spreadborough.) Only once taken at Chilliwack, 

 B.C.; a common winter resident in Cariboo, B.C.; common winter 

 resident at Lake Okanagan. (Brooks.) East of CoaSt range and in 

 Rocky mountain districts of British Columbia. (Fannin.) While 

 many of the interior specimens are intermediate, all are more refer- 

 able to annectens than to stelleri. (Rkoads.) 



478d. Queen Charlotte Jay. 



Cyanocitta stelleri carlottoB OSGOOD. 1901. 



Queen Charlotte islands, British Columbia. 



Type from Cumshewa inlet, Moresby island, Queen Charlotte 

 islands, B.C., taken June 17th, 1900, by W. H. Osgood and E. 

 Heller. 



Not uncommon at Skidegate, Queen Charlotte islands, August, 

 1895. (Kermode.) One specimen taken at Howkan, Prince of 

 Wales island, Alaska. (Ridgway.) 



CXCIV. PERISOREUS Bonaparte. 1831. 



484. Canada Jay. 



Perisoreus canadensis (Linn.) Bonap. 1838. 



Common all the way from Missinabi, on the Canadian Pacific 

 railway, down the Moose river, and through Ungava to Ungava bay 

 in 1896, and in 1904 north to Cape Henrietta Maria on the west 

 coast of Hudson bay. (Spreadborough.) An abundant resident 

 in Nova Scotia. (Downs'.) A common winter resident in Cumber- 

 land county, N.S.; very fearless, coming about the buildings for 

 scraps; I saw birds with grass in their bills late in March; they 

 evidently nest in April. (C. H. Morrell.) A few observed at Bad- 

 deck, Cape Breton island. (F. H. Allen.) A common resident at 

 Sydney, Cape Breton island, but could find no one who had ever 

 seen a nest. (C. R. Harte.) Not uncommon in back districts in 

 Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) 



