. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. :>#-T lbs; at )r their ;ss they having, 11 (Jre on g. On Magpie% they no n other J on the ; up the lus than nitlering farmer, larch to I herring antic and ;' It and may d it from ihtics fish near the c natives of tliese rkini;; at the fish- flock of long the iroved to \'ca) is a ^ler only Inorthem T=?^^ •T J . ' **^!/;^;*^ »v>--i -tf.*,- ~ ^=55^ _-= - BLUE JAY. CvAXDcrnA crisiata. CllAR. Above, purplish blue; below, pale piiriiHsh srav, lighter on throa
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. :>#-T lbs; at )r their ;ss they having, 11 (Jre on g. On Magpie% they no n other J on the ; up the lus than nitlering farmer, larch to I herring antic and ;' It and may d it from ihtics fish near the c natives of tliese rkini;; at the fish- flock of long the iroved to \'ca) is a ^ler only Inorthem T=?^^ •T J . ' **^!/;^;*^ »v>--i -tf.*,- ~ ^=55^ _-= - BLUE JAY. CvAXDcrnA crisiata. CllAR. Above, purplish blue; below, pale piiriiHsh srav, lighter on throat and tail-coverts ; wings and tail bright blue barred with black ; wing- coverts, secondaries, and most of tail-feathers brnadlv tipi^ed with white. Head conspicuously crested ; tail wcdgc->hai)ed. Length ii to 12^ inches. N'cst. In a small conifer, about 20 feet from the ground, situated in deep forest or near a settlement; roughly but firmly constructed of twigs and roots, and lined with tine roots. E'^c^s. 4-5; pale olive or buff, spotted with yellowish brown; i 10 X 0,85. This elegant and common species is met with in the interior, from the remote northwestern regions near Peace River, in the 54th to the 56th degree, Winnipeg in the 49th degree, the eastern steppes of the Rocky Mountains, and southwest- ward to the banks of the Arkansas ; also along the Atlantic regions from the confines of Xewfinmilland to the peninsula of Florida and the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. H. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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