194 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Family CORVIDiS. Crows, Jays, Magpies, etc. 

 Subfamily GARRULIN.ai. Magpies and Jays. 



Genus PICA Brisson. 

 Pica Briss. Orn. II. 1760, 35. Type, Corvus pica Linn. 



475. Pica pica hudsonica (Sab.). 



American Magpie. 



Corvus hudsonicus Sab. App. Frankl. Journ. 1823, 25, 671. 

 Picapica hudsonica Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 4, 1884, 94. 



[B 432, C 233, R 286, C 347.] 



Geog. Dist. — Northern and western North America, from the 

 Plains to the Cascade Mountains and north to Alaska ; casually 

 east and south to Michigan (accidental in northern Illinois in 

 winter), and in the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico and Arizona. 

 Replaced in California, west of the Sierra Nevada, by the next 

 species. 



476. Pica nuttalli Aud. 



Yellow-billed Magpie. 



Pica nuttalli Aud. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 450, pi. 362. 

 [B 433. C 233«, R 287, C 348.] 

 Geog. Dist. — California, west of the Sierra Nevada, from Sacra- 

 mento Valley south to about latitude 34°, locally distributed. 



Genus CYANOCITTA Strickland. 



Cyanocitta Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. 1845, 261. Type, 

 Corvus cristatus Linn. 



477. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). 



Blue Jay. 



Corvus cristatus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, io5. 

 Cyanocitta cristata Strickl. Ann. Nat. Hist. XV. 1845, 261. 



