May, 1917 STATUS OF APHELOCOMA CYAXOTIS AND ITS ALLIES 95 



synonym of Aphelocoma calif ornica calif ornica. A recent examination of speci- 

 mens, however, shows that it is a recognizable race, differing from Aphelocoma 

 calif ornica calif ornica in its larger size, particularly of wing and tail, and in its 

 somewhat paler, and in fresh plumage, slightly more grayish, blue of upper parts. 

 It occupies the western part of Oregon and the northern part of California ; and 

 we have examined specimens from the following localities : 



Oregon : Klamath Falls. 



California : Goose Lake ; Dana ; Ice Caves, six miles southwest of Tule Lake ; 

 Picard; Lake City; and Lassen Peak. 



The Florida jay, Aphelocoma cyanea (Vieillot) {—Aphelocoma floridana 

 [Bonaparte] ) seems, however, to be a species distinct from any of the above, 

 since it differs constantly in its pale forehead and pale sides of the pileum ; also 

 Aphelocoma insularis, by reason of its very large size and much darker colora- 

 tion, appears to be trenchantly different from any of its allies, and thus speci- 

 fically distinct. 



With the changes indicated above, the forms of what might conveniently be 

 called the Aphelocoma calif ornica group will stand as follows : 



Aphelocoma cyanea (Vieillot) 



Aphelocoma calif ornica calif ornica (Vigors) 



Aphelocoma calif ornica immanis Grinnell 



Aphelocoma calif ornica obscura Anthony 



Aphelocoma calif ornica hypoleuca Ridgway 



Aphelocoma calif ornica grisea Nelson 



Aphelocoma calif ornica cyanotis Ridgway 



Aphelocoma calif ornica sumichrasii Ridgway 



Aphelocoma calif ornica texana Ridgway 



Aphcloco)na calif ornica icoodhouseii (Baird) 



Aphelocoma insularis Henshaw. 



Washington, I). C, March 9, 1917. 



BIRDS OF THE HUMID COAST 



By FLORENCE MERRIAM BAILEY 

 WITH ONE ILLUSTRATION 



{Concluded from page 54) 



VI. IN THE BRACKEN 



ONE of the choicest parts of this half cleared strip of land surrounded by for- 

 est was an acre of high bracken, the west coast form of the brake, adjoining 

 the carpenter's garden and strawberry bed, solid fern threaded only by nar- 

 row trails leading down on one side to the New Englander 's in the clearing and on 

 the other to the fishing village by the Bay. Looking off over the fern field to 

 the south there was a rich satisfying mountain view, the wide timbered V of 

 Miami Notch, through which was seen, in the morning light, a sunlit forest: 

 in the afternoon shadow, a rich purple mountain mass. On warm days the view 

 through the notch was softly veiled, while the trees outlining the notch stood 

 in idyllic haze. To the west, between framing conifers could be had glimpses 

 of the Bay w r h'ch at high tide was banded purple and pale green with brown 



