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KEY AND DESCBIPTION 



This jay is generally to be found on the ground, except when 

 disturbed. 



Length, \l\ ; wing, 4^ (4-4|) ; tail, 5|; tarsus, 1 J ; culmen, 1. Florida, 

 north of the center near the coasts. 



4. Canada Jay (484. Perisdreus canadensis). — A large, north- 

 ern, loose-plumaged, gray bird, with the head mainly white, 



except the nape, 



which is blackish. 



The throat and sides 



of the neck are white, 



and the gray quills 



I uf the wings and 



tail are somewhat 



tipped with white. 



Canada Jay This, like all the jays, 



is a noisy bird, making many harsh and shrieking calls and 



uttering a few musical notes. (Whisky Jack ; Gray Jay.) 



Length, 11'; wing, 5J ; tail, SJ ; tarsus, If; culmen 1. Northern 

 Michigan to northern New England northward. Not at all migratory ; 

 straggling from its 

 home but very rarely. 

 Has been seen as far 

 south as central Penn- 

 sylvania. 



5. Northern Ra- 

 ven (486^ CdrvHS 

 cdrax prindpdMs). 

 — A somewhat 

 rare, very large, 

 crow-like black 

 bird, twice the size 

 of the common 

 crow. The black 

 everywhere shows 

 bluish, metallic reflections. The feathers of the throat are 

 narrow, pointed, and peculiarly independent of each other, not 



Northern Raven 



