Family CORVIDS—CROWS, JAYS. 
AMERICAN MAGPIE. 
475. Pica pica liudsonia. 20 inches. 
Like the “Blue Jays,” the Magpies are great talkers, and 
are usually found in colonies where they can carry on con¬ 
versation in their own way with each other. They are a large 
handsome bird, with pure white underparts and wing coverts, 
and the upper parts, head, tail and breast are a bronzy black, 
with iridescent changes. Tail very long, and graduated. They 
are very bold birds, inquisitive, and great thieves. Their 
food consists of small rodents, a large variety of insect life, 
and the eggs and young of small birds. 
Nest. —Is a bulky affair, placed at almost any elevation, 
composed of sticks and small twigs, with an opening on the 
side; the inside of the nest is lined with finer materials, 
grass and plant fiber. Four to eight grayish white eggs, 
spotted with brown and drab (1.25x.90). 
STELLER JAY. 
478. Cyanocitta stelleri. 13 inches. 
Range. —From Alaska south to central California. Nests are 
quite bulky; three to six greenish eggs, spotted with shades 
of brown (1.25 x .90). 
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