CROWS AND JAYS 4S 



tricts where scrub palmetto grows, but also comes into 

 gardens and grows where it soon responds to proper treat- 

 ment and becomes semi-domesticated. It nests early in 

 April. 



CANADA JAY 

 Perisoreus canadensis canadensis 



Size of the Blue Jay; a gray bird with a black crown and white 

 forehead, cheeks and throat. 



Range. Northern New England and northern New York; 

 northward; resident, rarely straggling southward. 



Cambridge, A. V., one record, Oct. 



It is singular that the Canada Jay at the north and 

 the Florida Jay in the south should show exceptional 

 confidence in man, while the Blue Jay always seems to 

 regard him with suspicion. The very day we make camp 

 in the north woods the Canada Jay or Whiskey Jack 

 becomes our guest. As though assured of a welcome he 

 fearlessly joins our party, helping himself to such supplies 

 as please his fancy. Long before our arrival, when snow 

 still covered the ground, he has reared his family and for 

 the rest of the year has only his own wants to fill. 



RAVEN 

 Corvus corax principalis 



Much larger than the Crow, the throat with long, pointed 

 feathers, instead of short, rounded ones. L. 24. 



Range. North America rare and local in the Eastern States; 

 south to New Jersey on the coast and to Georgia in the mountains. 



Crows caw, while Ravens croak; but to be sure that you 

 have actually seen a Raven he should be with Crows, when 

 the Raven's much larger size is evident. Unless, however, 

 you should visit the few localities in the eastern States 

 where Ravens live you are not likely to make the bird's 

 acquaintance. Ravens nest on cliffs as well as in trees. 



