COBVID^—GARBULIN^ : JAYS. 
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eggs 5-6. 1.25 to 1.35 X 0.80 to 0.90, pale bluish-green, profusely spotted and blotched with 
dark olive-brown and lighter brown. 
112. APHELO'COMA. (Gr. dcpeXfis, apheles, smooth, sleek; Kofirj, kome, hair: alluding to the 
lack of crest.) Crestless Blue Jays. Generally as in Cyanocitta. Head uncrested. Tail 
longer or shorter than wings, instead of about equal, graduated (in some extralimital forms 
about equal to the wing and even). Tarsus rather longer than middle toe and claw. Wings 
and tail blue, without black bars, and blue the chief body-color ; whitish underneath, with 
(usually) or without a gray patch on the back. All Southern and Southwestern. 
Analysis of Species and Varieties. 
Tail longer than wings, graduated. Above blue, with gray dorsal area; belly dingy whitish; a super- 
ciliary stripe, and the throat streaky. 
Forehead hoary-white; superciliary stripe not well-defined. Dorsal patch well-defined. Crissum 
blue, contrasting with grayish under parts floridana 354 
Forehead blue ; superciliary stripe distinct. Dorsal patch ill-defined, spreading and bluish. Crissum 
bluish, but not well contrasted with dingy under parts woodhousii 355 
Forehead blue; superciliary stripe distinct. Dorsal patch well-defined. Crissum whitish like other 
under parts californica 356 
Tail rather shorter than wing, rounded. Blue, without definite dorsal area, or pectoral or superciliary 
streaks arizonce 357 
354. A. florida'na. (Of Florida.) Florida Jay. ^ 9 : Blue ; back with a small well-defined 
gray patch not invading scapulars j belly and sides pale grayish; under tail-coverts and tibiae 
blue in marked contrast ; much hoary whitish on forehead and sides of crown, but no shai-p white 
superciliary stripe ; chin, throat, and middle of breast vague streaky whitish and bluish ; ear- 
coverts dusky ; the blue that seems to encircle the head and neck well defined against the gray 
of back and breast. Bill comparatively short, very stout at the base. Length 11.00-12.50, 
average 11.75; extent 13.50-15.00, average 14.50; wing 4.00-4.75, average 4.40; tail 4.50- 
5.50, average 5.00, always longer than wing ; bill about 1.00. Florida (and Gulf States?), 
abundant. Very local, and not authentic as occurring outside of Florida. Usual habits of 
jays. Nest a fiat structure, in bushes, of twigs lined with fibres. Eggs 4-5, bluish-green, 
sparingly speckled, chiefly at larger end, with brown, 1.00 X 0.80. 
355. A. f . woodhou'sii. (To S. W. Woodhouse.) Woodhouse's Jay. The dorsal patch dark, 
glossed with blue, shading into the blue of sun'ounding parts ; under parts rather darker than 
in C. floridana, somewhat bluish-gray ; the under tail-coverts bluish but not contrasted ; on 
the breast the blue and gray shading into each other, the gular and pectoral streaks whitish 
and well-defined, the superciliary line definite white, but no hoary on forehead ; bill slenderer. 
$ 9 , adult : General color blue, rich and pure on the wings, tail, rump, crown, back and sides 
of neck, and on the breast surrounding the streaky white area. Middle of back and scapulars 
dark gray much tinged with blue, shading insensibly into the surrounding blue. Upper and 
under tail-coverts blue. Under parts from the breast gray, with blue tinge (in californica 
nearly white). Chin, throat, and breast with a series of whitish blue-edged streaks, enclosed 
in suiTounding blue. Lores, orbits, and auriculars dusky. A series of sharp white streaks 
over and behind eye. Wings and tail blue ; the inner webs of most of the quills, and the tail 
viewed from below, dusky. The inner secondaries and tail-feathers, closely examined, show 
obsolete barring, like that w^hich becomes pronounced in Cyanocitta, but the traces are faint, 
and the feathers may be properly called plain. Iris brown ; bill and feet black. Length of ^, 
about 12.00 : extent 16.50 ; vidng 5.00; tail 6.00; bill 1.12 ; tarsus 1.50; middle toe and claw 
1.33. 9 smaller: average 11.25 ; extent 15.50, etc. Young : Wings and tail as in the adult; 
upper parts mostly gray : under parts grayish -white, with little or no blue on the breast, the 
pectoral streaks undefined, as are those over the eye. Kocky Mt. region, from Wyoming and 
Idaho southward. Habits, nest and eggs as in other species. The eggs in this genus usually 
differ from those of Cyanocitta, by more greenish ground color and bolder marking, especially 
