Perching Birds Marked With Blue. 
479. Florida Jay (Apbelocoma cyanea). |L. 11.5. 
Ads. Foreback clay-color or pale brownish gray; head, 
nape, wings, tail, sides of throat and faint breast- 
streaks blue; a grayish line over eye; throat gray; 
belly dingier; forehead usually hoary. Notes. Harsh 
and unmusical calls. : 
Range.—Florida; confined mostly to coast of the middle portions of 
the peninsula, 
480. Woodhouse Jay (Aphelocoma woodhousei). L. 
12;W.5. Ads. Back grayish or brownish blue, usual- 
ly not sharply defined from nape; crown, nape, wings 
aid tail blue; throat gray; belly dingier; breast streaked 
with blue; wxder tazl-coverts blue; a narrow white line 
over eve. Resembles No. 479, but is larger, back 
bluer, forehead not hoary; line over eye sharper. 
Range.—Western United States (chlefly Great Basin region), from 
northern Mexico north to southeastern Oregon and southern Wyoming; 
east to western Texas and Colorado; west to California, east of the 
Sierras. Mi 
480.1. Blue-eared Jay (A4pbelocoma cyanotis). Re- 
sembling No. 480, but larger; W. 5. 5; under tail-cov- 
erts white; back slaty-gray tinged with blue; white line 
over eye less evident. 
Range.—'‘Mexican tableland north casually to Sutton County, 
Texas,”’ (Bailey.) 
480.2. Texan Jay (Aphelocoma texana). Similar to 
No. 480.1, but white line over eye more distinct, below 
paler and browner gray, lower throat and chest with 
obsolete grayish streaks instead of blue streaks. 
Differs from No. 480 in having pure white under tail 
coverts and in other respects. (Ridgw.) 
Range.—'‘Southeastern Texas, from Concho and Kerr Counties 
west to the Davis Mountains.’’ (Bailey.) 
481. California Jay (Aphelocoma californica). Sim- 
ilar to No. 480. but back brown; usually sharply de- 
fined from nape; blue areas brighter, throat and belly 
whiter; breast less streaked with blue. Notes. Varied, 
usual call a harsh, metallic squawking. 
Range.—Pacific coast from northern Lower California, north to 
southern Wachington, east, in California, to the Sierra Nevada. 
48la. Xantus Jay (4. c.hypoleuca). Similar to No. 
481, but blue areas somewhat lighter, underparts de- 
cidedly whiter. 
Range.—Lower California, north to Lat, 28°. 
481b. Belding Jay (4. c. obscura). Similar to No. 
481, but darker and with smaller feet; W. 4.7. (An- 
thony.) 
Range.—San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California. 
481.1. Santa Cruz Jay Lascnia mnsularts ). 
Similar to No. 481, but larger; . 5.0; blue areas 
much deeper, back much darker, grayish sooty 
tinged with blue. 
Range.—Santa Cruz Island, California. 
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