Perching Birds Marked With Blue. 
* 477. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). L. 11.7. Ads. 
Above gray-blue, breast and sides washed with grayish; 
white tip to outer tail-feather rarely less than one inch 
long. Notes. Waried; commonly aloud harsh yay jay; 
often whistling calls and imitations of the notes of 
other birds, particularly of common Hawks. 
Range.—Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 
Georgia and northern Texas north to Labrador and Hudson Bay 
region; resident, except at northern part of range. 
477a, Florida Blue Jay (C. c. florincola).  Simi- 
lar to No. 477, but smaller, L. 10; blue above with a 
purplish tinge; greater wing-coverts more narrowly 
barred with black and tipped with white. 
Range.—Florida and Gulf Coast to southeastern Texas. 
482. Arizona Jay (Apbelocoma sieberii arizone). L. 
13; W. 6.3; T. 5.8. Ads Above grayish blue, head, 
wings and tail brighter than back; ‘below unstreaked, 
gray breast tinged with bluish; belly whiter. Notes. 
Noisy, harsh, and far-reaching. (Bendire.) 
Range.—Northern Mexico, north to southern New Mexico and 
Arizona. 
482a. Couch Jay (4. s. couchi). Similar to No: 
482, but smaller; W. 5.8; T. 5.3; bluer above, throat 
whiter. 
Range.—'‘Eastern Mexico, extending to western Texas In the Chisos 
Mountains.’’ (Bailey.) 
%492. Pinon Jay (Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus).  L. 
11; T. 4.8. Ads. Above nearly uniform grayish blue, 
head slightly darker; below slightly paler, throat streak- 
ed with white. Notes. Variable, some as harsh as 
those of No. 491, others like gabble of Magpie; others 
like Jays’ common call a shrill, querulous, peeh, peeh; 
as on ground maintain a constant chatter. (Ben- 
dire. 
Range.—Western North America, from New Mexico and Lower 
California north to southern British Columbia; east to Rockies, west 
to Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges. 
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