Cyanocitta cristata 
Concord, Mass. 
1S9S . did not seem to disturb them in the least. It was a beautiful 
Dec. 8-10. sight to see them hopping about on the snow bank picking up 
(No. 3). the crumbs within two or three yards of us. They seemed to 
be quite free from jealousy or selfishness and I did not once 
see one of them interfere with or threaten another although 
all four were often collecting their loads at the same time 
on a space less than a yard square. Nor did they molest the 
Sparrows but the latter, I observed, did not venture to feed 
with them although they often alighted within a few inches of 
them in the trees and bushes near at hand. 
On both mornings the Jays screamed for some time at day- 
break in the pines west of the house but while collecting the 
crumbs they preserved, at all times, a perfect silence. 
