Perching Birds Marked With Blue 



477, Btu% iay (CyaMocitta^ristata). L. ri.7. ^ds. 

 Above gray-blue, breast and sides washed with grayish; 

 White tip to outer tail-feather rarely less than one inch 

 long, NoUs. Varied; commonly a loud harsh faj' jqy\ 

 often whistling calls and imitations of the notes of 

 ether birds, particularly of common Hawks. 



Range.— Eastern North America, west I0 the Plains; breeds from 

 tieorgla and northern Texas nortli lo Labrador and Hudson Bay 

 region; resident, except al northern pari of range. 



477a. Florida Blue Jay (C. c. florincoia). Simi- 

 lar ta Nn. 477, hut smaller, L. 10; blue above with a 

 purplish tinge; greater wing-coverts mure narrowly 

 barred with black iind tipped with white. 



Range.— Florida and Gulf Coast to southeastern Texas. 



482. Arizona Jay (^Aphdoeoma si^'berii ari^onee') . L. 

 13; W. 6.3; T. 5.8. Ads Above grayish blue, head, 

 Wings and tail brighter than back; below unstreaked, 

 gray breast tinged with bluish; belly whiter. Notn. 

 Noisy, harsh, and far-reaching. (Bendire.) 



Range.— Northern Mexico, north to southern New Mexico and 

 Arizona. 



482a. Couch Jay {A. s- coitcht). Similar to No- 

 482, but smaller; W. 5-8; T. 5.3; bluer above, throat 

 whiter- 



Range.-" Eastern Mexico, extending to western Texas In IheChisos 

 Mountains." (Bailey.) 



492. Pinon Jay {Cyanocephalus cyanoapkalus) . L. 

 11; T. 4.8. Ads. Above nearly uniform grayish blue, 

 head slightly darker; below slightly paler, throat streak- 

 ed with white. Notis. Variable, some as harsh as 

 those of No. 4m, others like gabble of Mragpie; others 

 like Jays' common call a shrill, querulous, pe^h, p^ek\ 

 when on ground maintain a constant chatter.. (Ben- 

 dire.) 



Range,— Western North America, from New Mexico and Lower 

 California north to southern British Columbia; east to Rockies, west 

 to Sierra Nevada knd Cascade Ranges. 



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