44 CROWS AND JAYS 



CROWS, JAYS, ETC. FAMILY CORVID^E 



£ BLUE JAY 

 Cyanocitta cristata cristata. Case a. Fig. 20 



Color, habits and voice combine to render the Blue Jay con- 

 spicuous. L. iif. 



Range. Eastern North America from Georgia to Quebec; 

 migratory only at the northern limit of its range. The Florida 

 Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata fiorincola. Case 4, Fig. 75) is smaller 

 (L. io{) and grayer above. It is found throughout Florida. 



Washington, rather rare P. R., common T. V., Apl. 28-May IS; 

 Sept. 15-Oct. 15. Ossining, tolerably common P. R. Cambridge, 

 common P. R., abundant T. V., Apl. and May; Sept. and Oct. 

 N. Ohio, common P. R. Glen Ellyn, common P. R. SE. Minn., 

 common P. R. 



If the Blue Jay were as good as he is beautiful he would 

 be our most popular bird. But fine feathers do not always 

 make fine birds, and to those who judge birds by human 

 standards the Blue Jay's loud, harsh voice, overbearing 

 manners, and nest-robbing habits are unpardonable. 

 With all his faults, however, the true bird enthusiast loves 

 him still. His bright colors, dashing ways and intelli- 

 gence win our admiration and we feel honored when he 

 makes his home near ours, building in early May a well- 

 made nest in a tree-crotch, for the reception of the 4-6 

 olive-green, thickly speckled eggs. 



FLORIDA JAY 



Aphelocoma cyanea 



Size of the Blue Jay but quite unlike it in color. The head; 

 wings and tail are grayish blue without white markings; the 

 back is pale brown, the underparts dirty white, with the throat 

 inconspicuously streaked and a faint bluish breast-band. 



Range. Florida between lat. 27 and 30 , and chiefly along 

 the coasts. 



This is the 'Scrub- Jay' of Florida and is not to be 

 confused with the Florida Blue Jay. It lives in dis- 



