PERCHING BIRDS 
480.1. Blue-eared Jay. Aphelocoma cyanotis. 
Range. — Interior of Mexico north to the southern bound- 
ary of Texas. 
The nesting habits of this species are the same as those 
of the others of the genus and the eggs are similar but 
the markings are generally more prominent and larger. 
Size 1.10 x .80. 
480.2. Texas Jay. Aphelocoma texana. 
Range. — Southeastern Texas. 
It is not likely that the eggs of this species differ es- 
sentially from those of many of the others. 
481 . California Jay. Aphelocoma calif ornica 
calif ornica. 
Range. — Pacific coast of California and Washington. 
This is a very abundant species 
both about habitations and in low 
woodlands. They are very bold 
and familiar, stealing everything 
they may take a fancy to, and fre- 
quently robbing smaller birds of 
their eggs and young. They are said to be more tame 
and familiar than the eastern Blue Jay, thereby bring- 
ing their bad habits much more frequently to the atten- 
Bnght bluish green tion t j ie masses . They nest most often in bushes or 
low trees, but not as a rule, far above the ground. Their eggs are a bright 
bluish green color, speckled and spotted with brownish and lavender. Size 
1.10 x .80. 
481a. Xantus’s Jay. Aphelocoma calif ornica hypoleuca. 
Range. — Lower California. 
The habits and nests and eggs of this lighter colored variety do not differ 
from those of the California Jay. 
481b. Belding’s Jay. Aphelocoma calif ornica ohscura. 
Range. — San Pedro Martir Mts. Lower California. 
A darker variety of the California Jay, whose nesting habits will not differ in 
any essential particular. 
481.1. Santa Cruz Jay. Aphelocoma insularis. 
Range.- — Santa Cruz Island, California. 
This species is the largest and darkest colored bird 
of the genus Aphelocoma. It is said to be a very abund- 
ant species on the island from which it takes its name, 
and to have the habits and traits common to all the 
members of the Jay family. The nesting habits are 
the same as those of the others, but the eggs are slightly 
larger, averaging 1.15 x .85. 
set of three in the collection of John Lewis Childs, taken 
by R. H. Beck on May 10, 1897. 
482. Arizona Jay. Aphelocoma sieberi arizonce. 
Range. — Arizona and southwestern New Mexico south into Mexico. 
Greenish blue 
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