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parts deep smoke gray instead »of- light drab-gray, and the under tail- 

 coverts gray instead of white. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 243-274.5 (261); wing, 136-145 (140); 

 tay, 128.5-146.5 (187.5); exposed culmen, 20-21.5 (20.5); depth of bill 

 at base, 10-11.5 (10.6); tarsus, 33.5-37 (35); middle toe, 17.5-18.3 (18).« 



Adult female.— Liength (skins), 241.6-266.5 (250); wing, 132.5-137.5 

 (136.5); tail, 125.5-141 (132.5); exposed culmen, 19-21 (20); depth of 

 bill at base, 9.5-12 (10.5); tarsus, 33.5-35 (34); middle toe, 16.5- 

 18.5 (17.3).« 



Peninsula of Labrador, north to Davis Straits; island of Newfound- 

 land. 



Perisoreus canadensis (not Conms canadensis Linnaeus) Coubs, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1861, 226 (Rigolet, etc., Labrador; habits; notes); Ciietk List, 1872, 

 no. 239, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 359, part. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 299, part.— Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, 

 no. 297, part. — Porter, Auk, xvii, 1900, 72 (Newfoundland). 



[^Perisoreusl canadensis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 116, part. 



P\_erisoreus'] canadensis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 425, part. 



Garrulus canadensis Schlbqel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Coraces, 1867, 65, part (Labrador). 



Perisoreus canadensis nigricapUlus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, June 5, 1882, 

 15 (Labrador; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 258.— 

 Reichbnow and Schalow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 401 (republication of orig. 

 descr.).— Turner, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 241 (Fort Chimo, 

 Ungava, resident). — American Ornithologists' Union, Cheek List, 1886, 

 no. 484c.— Palmer (W.), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 263 (Fogo I.; 

 Mingan Islands; Canada Bay, Newfoundland; habits). — -Bendire, Life Hist. 

 N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 392, pi. 3, fig. 20 (egg).— Norton, Proc. Portl. Soc. 

 N. H., ii, 1901, 155 (Northwest R., Labrador). — Bigelow, Auk, xix, 1902, 

 29 (coast n. e. Labrador). 



P[erisoreus'\ canadensis nigricapUlus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 359. 



Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons (not of Ridgway) Howe, Osprey, new ser., i, July, 

 1902, 105, part (crit.). 



* 



PERISOREUS CANADENSIS FUMIFRONS Ridgway. 

 ALASKA JAY. 



Similar to J*, c. canadensis, but dusky hood extending over the 

 crown, leaving only the forehead white; the latter often more or less 

 tinged with smoky gray; the general color of upper and lower parts 

 browner, and size less. Agreeing with P. c. nigricapUlus in greater 

 extent of the dusky hood, but this browner, with the anterior portion 

 more distinctly ashy, the forehead less purely white, and the general 

 color, both above and below, decidedly paler, the under tail-coverts 

 dirty whitish or very pale brownish gray. 



Adult maZe.— Length (skins), 256.6-273 (266); wing, 131.5-146 

 (139); tail, 128.5-138.5 (135); exposed culmen, 18-22.6 (20); depth of 

 bill at base, 10-12 (11); tarsus, 32.5-36 (34.8); middle toe, 16.5-19 (18).* 



a Six specimens. 6 Five specimens. 



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