CANADA JAY. 
WHISKEY JACK. MOOSE BIRD. 
PERISOREUS CANADENSIS. 
Cuar. Above, ashy gray; head and nape smoky black; forehead 
and lower parts whitish gray; breast brownish gray; wings and tail 
dark ashy, tipped obscurely with white. Young: uniform dull smoky 
black, paler beneath. Length, 11 to 12 inches. 
Nest. In a coniferous tree; a bulky but compact structure of dried 
twigs, shreds of bark and moss thickly lined with feathers. 
Eggs. 4-5; of light gray or buffish, spotted with dark gray, lilac gray, 
and pale brown; 1.15 X 0.80. 
This species, with the intrusive habits and plain plumage of 
the Pie, is almost confined to the northern regions of America, 
being met with around Hudson’s Bay, but becoming rare near 
the St. Lawrence, and in winter only straggling along the coast 
as far as Nova Scotia. Westward, occasionally driven by the 
severity of the weather and failure of food, they make their 
appearance in small parties in the interior of Maine and north- 
