356 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
brownish gray; blue of upper parts, ete., a very deep 
azure—almost Berlin-blue—shade; length about 11.50- 
12.25, wing 5.20-5.30 (5.27), tail 6.05-6.25 (6.15), culmen 
1.15-1.30 (1.22), tarsus 1.70-1.80 (1.75). Hab. Santa Cruz 
Island, southern California. ; 
481.1. A. insularis Hensn. Santa Cruz Jay.’ 
@. Lower tail-coverts white, or else very slightly tinged with blue. 
e'. Sides of head blackish, with little, if any, blue tinge; breast 
grayish white or very pale grayish, like belly ; back and 
scapulars brownish gray, without blue tinge. 
fi. Sides of chest bright blue, the middle portion streaked 
with blue; white superciliary stripe very distinct. 
g'. Larger, with smaller bill and feet, the blue darker, 
the lower parts less purely white; length about 
11.50-12.25, wing 4.70-5.20 (4.93), tail 5.45-6.10 
(5.71), culmen .87-1.03 (.96), tarsus 1.50-1.94 
(1.62). Nest in thickets or low trees. Eggs 3-6, 
1.10 x .81, pure bluish green, speckled with clove- 
brown ; dull greenish white, speckled or spotted 
with chestnut, or light buffy spotted with rusty 
brown and lilac-gray. Hab. Pacific coast of United 
States, from southern California to Oregon, east to 
western Nevada. 
(54.) 481. A. californica (Via.). California Jay. 
g’. Smaller, with larger bill and feet, the blue lighter, the 
lower parts more purely white; length 11.50-12.00, 
wing 4.55-5.00 (4.63), tail 5.20-5.80 (5.53), culmen 
.94-1.07 (1.03), tarsus 1.43-1.60 (1.50). Hab. Lower 
California (vicinity of Cape St. Lucas). 481a. A. 
californica hypoleuca Rivew. Xantus’s Jay.’ 
jf”. Sides of chest dull brownish gray, the middle portion 
dull white, streaked with brownish gray or light 
grayish brown ; white superciliary stripe less distinct 
(though always apparent). 
Otherwise scarcely different in color from A. cali- 
fornica; length (skins) about 11.00-11.50, wing 
5.40-5.55 (5.48), tail 5.95-6.10 (6.00), culmen .98- 
1.01 (1.00), tarsus 1.60. Hab. Southern Mexico 
(Orizaba, Oaxaca, Atlisco, etc.). 
A. sumichrasti (Ripew.). Sumichrast’s Jay? 
1 Aphelocoma insularis Hensu., Auk, iii. Oct. 1886, 452. 
2 New subspecies ; based on many specimens from Cape St. Lucas, La Paz, and contiguous localities, collected 
by J. Xantus and L, Belding. 
3 Cyanocitta californica var. sumichrasti Ripew., in Hist. N. Am. B. ii. 1874, 283. Aphelocoma eumichrasti 
Saarre, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 1877, 114, 
