BIKDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 373 



Pacific coast district, from Humboldt County, California, to southern 

 British Columbia (Vancouver Island and coast of opposite mainland). 



(?) Garruhis canadensis (not Corvus canadeiim Linnseus) Audddon, Synopsis, 

 1839, 155, part (Columbia R.).« 



Perisorem caiiadensis Baied, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 590, part (Port 

 Townsend, Bhoal water Bay, and Cascade Mts., Washington); Cat. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 443, part. — Coopbk and Suckleyj Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., 

 xii, pt. ii, 1860, 216, excl. syn. and description (mouth of Columbia R.; 

 Puget Sound; habits; notes). — Coopek, Orn. Cal., 1870, 307, part; excl. syn., 

 descr., and figs.— Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 239, part. 



IPerworem'] canadensis Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 166, part. 



l^Pet-isoreus canadensis.] Var. obseurus Ridqway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Nov., 

 1873, 194 (first descr.). 



Perisoreus canadensis, var. obseurus Ridqway, Bull. Essex Inst., v, Dec, 1873, 

 199 (redescribed; type from Shoalwater Bay, Washington; coll. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. ). — Baibd, Bbewek, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1874, 302-, 

 part. 



Perisoreus canaderms . . . var. obseurus Coues, Check List, 1873, 129, App. 

 no. 239a. 



{^Perisoreus canadensis var. capitalis] b. obseurus Coues, Birds N. W., 1874, 221, 

 excl. syn., part (synonymy )- 



Perisoreus canadensis obseurus (not of Mearns, 1879) Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 

 1882, no. 361, part. — Howe, Osprey, new ser., i, 1902, 105 (crit.). 



P\_erisoreus'] c[anadensis'] obseurus Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 425, 

 part. 



Perisoreus obseurus Shakpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., iii, 1877, 105, pi. 5, fig. 2 

 (British Columbia; Straits of Fuca). — Ridgway, Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, 

 no. 298, part.' — Amehioan Ohnithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 485, 

 part. — Anthony, Auk, iii, 1886, 167 (Washington Co., n. w. Oregon; habits; 

 descr. nest and eggs). — Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 211, part 

 (Humboldt Co., n. w. California). — Belding, Land Birds Pacific Distr., 

 1890, 111, part (mouth of Columbia R.; Beaverton, Willamette Valley, Puget 

 Sound, etc.). — Swallow, Auk, viii, 1891, 397 (Clatsop Co., n. w. Oregon; 

 descr. nest). — Fannin, Check List Birds Brit. Col., 1891, 32. — Lawbence 

 (R. H.), Auk, ix, 1892, 45 (Grays Harbor, Washington). — Rhoads, Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 45, 63 (Nisqually, Washington; Vancouver I. and 

 opp. coast of mainland). — Bendiee, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 394, 

 part, pi. 3, fig. 21 (egg).— (?) Rathbun (S. F.), Auk, xix, 1902, 136 (Seattle, 

 Washington, fall and winter, breeding in mountains to eastward). — Helleb, 

 Condor, iv, 1902, 46 (s. Mendocino Co., California, resident). — Bailey 

 (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 278. 



Plerisoreus'] obseurus Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 360, part. 



PERISOREUS OBSCURUS GRISEUS Ridgway. 

 GRAY JAY. 



Similar to P. o. obseurus, but decidedly larger (except feet), and 

 coloration much grayer; back, etc., deep mouse gray, instead of 

 brown, remiges and tail between gray (no. 6) and smoke gray, instead 

 of drab-gray, and under parts grayish white instead of brownish 

 white. 



"Either this or P. o. griseus. 



