THE BIRD BOOK 
478c. Black-headed Jay. Cyanocitta 
stelleri annectens. 
Range.— Northern Rocky Mountains from 
northern Colorado to British Columbia. 
The eggs of this sub-species cannot be iden- 
tified from those of the other varieties. Like 
the others, their nests are made of sticks plast- 
ered together with mud and lined with weeds 
and rootlets. 
478d. Queen Charlotte Jay. Cyanocitta 
stelleri carlottce. 
Range. — Queen Charlotte Islands, British 
Columbia. 
479- Florida Jay. Aphelocoma cyanea. 
Range. — Locally distributed in Florida. 
All the birds of this genus have no crests or 
decided markings, are white or grayish below, 
and more or less intense blue above, with the back grayish 
or brownish blue. This species is 11.5 inches long, has a 
pale blue crown and a nearly white forehead. It has a very 
limited distribution, being confined chiefly to the coast dis- 
tricts of middle Florida, and very abundant in some locali- 
ties and rare in adjoining ones. They build shallow struc- 
tures of small sticks and weeds lined with fine rootlets and 
placed at low elevations in bushes or scrubby trees. The 
three or four eggs, which are laid in April or May are dull 
greenish blue, marked with olive brown. Size 1.00 x .80. Data. — Titusville, 
Fla., April 17, 1899. Nest of sticks in a scrub oak, five feet from the ground. 
Greenish blue 
Florida Jay 
480. Woodhouse’s Jay. Aphelocoma woodhousei. 
Range. — United States west of the Rockies and from 
Oregon and Wyoming to Mexico. 
This species has the crown and forehead bluish, and 
the underparts gray, streaked with bluish gray on the 
breast. It is also larger than the last, being 12 inches 
long. They are very abundant in 
the Great Basin between the Rock- 
ies and the Sierra Nevadas, breed- 
ing during April or May in scrub 
by trees or bushes at low elevations 
and generally near streams. They 
lay from three to five eggs of a 
dull bluish green color, spotted 
with umber and lilac gray. Size 
1.08 x .80. Data. — Iron County, Utah, 
Nest of sticks and weeds in a small 
pine tree. 
Bluish green 
May 3, 1897. 4 eggs. 
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