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293. Aphelocoma cyanotis. Blue-eared Jay. 



Southern portion of the trans-Pecos region (Paisano, Brewster coun- 

 ty,) across the Edwards Plateau to Kerr and Sonora counties. 

 (Ridgway.) 



294. Aphelocoma texana. Texan Jay. 



Southwestern Texas, from Concho and Kerr counties west to the Davis 

 Mountains (Alpine, Fort Davis, Paisano, etc. [Ridgway.]) In the two 

 weeks the writer and his assistants spent at Piasano in 1905, this was 

 the only species of Jay secured by us, although A. cvanotis is also 

 supposed to occur there. We found A. texana nesting in scrub-oaks 

 in secluded canyons. 



295. Aphelocoma sieberii couchii. Couch Jay. 



Chisos Mountains, Brewster county. (Bailey.) 



296. Xanthoura luxuosa glaucescens. Rio Grande Green Jay. 



Lower Rio Grande north as far as Laredo. Recorded from Browns- 

 ville, Hidalgo, Lomita, etc. 



297. Corvus corax sinuatus. American Raven. 



Western Texas, on the plains, east in winter to San Antonio 

 (Dresser). "At the mouth of Devils's River and at the head of the 

 Rio Grande, in Texas, immense numbers pass the winter and dis- 

 perse again in the spring. In Western Texas its nest has been 

 taken by Mr. Lloyd." (Cooke, "Bird Migration in the Mississippi 

 Valley.") 



298. Corvus cryptoleucus. White-necked Raven. 



Abundant resident in Western Texas, especially on the southern plains 

 and west of the Pecos. In 1904, Mr. J. M. Carroll and the writer 

 found hundreds of nests in Midland, Pecos, Ward and Jeff Davis 

 counties. The birds were rather more abundant on the plains than 

 they were in the mountains. In 1905, we observed large numbers in 

 Brewster county. Not common on the northern plains (Panhandle) 

 as far as my observations go. "Resident as far east as Tom Green 



and Concho counties where it is abundant at all times 



The bulk retire in fall in large flocks down the Pecos and Devil's 

 Rivers, where they winter by thousands." (Lloyd.) Smgley 

 mentions a colony on the military reservation at Rio Grande 

 City. 



