. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. ONTARIO. 1 hear them laugh at their narrow escapes and hidicrous exploits. On such occasions I know I am often the subject of remark, but if I keep (piiet they do not seem to object much to my presence. CiRNiJs FERISOKBUS Honapartk. 1S7. FEK1S()KEUSCAN.\DP:NSIS (Linn.). 484. Canada Jay. Upper parts dull lt;aden-gray , lower, tluU yellowish-white ; forehead yellowish-white . hind-part of the head and neck, grayish-bl
. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. ONTARIO. 1 hear them laugh at their narrow escapes and hidicrous exploits. On such occasions I know I am often the subject of remark, but if I keep (piiet they do not seem to object much to my presence. CiRNiJs FERISOKBUS Honapartk. 1S7. FEK1S()KEUSCAN.\DP:NSIS (Linn.). 484. Canada Jay. Upper parts dull lt;aden-gray , lower, tluU yellowish-white ; forehead yellowish-white . hind-part of the head and neck, grayish-black ; throat and baufi passing round the neck, grayish-white : secondary (juills and tail feathers narrowly tipped with white , voting, dull slate color, paler on the abdomen, darker on the head, the white tips of the wings and tail duller than in the adult. Length, lo to ii inches. Hah Northern New , Michigan and tanada, northward to .Arctic America. Nest, on the branch of an evergreen , composed of twigs and grass, linetl with feathers. Eggs, 4 to 5 ; grayish-white, marked with yellowish-brown. The Indian name for this bird is IVis-Ka-Tjaii, which pronoimced by an Englisli tongue soimils much like " Whiskey ); Through familiarity this has become " Whiskey Jack," the name by which the bird is best known in the districts he frequents. The Canada Jay is found in high latitudes, from Labrador to the Pacific Coast. It is quite common in the District of Muskoka, wlic^ it breeds and is resi- dent. I have also heard of one indivitlual being taken at Oshawa, but have no record of its having been seen farther south in Ontario. In the Birds of the Northwest, Dr. Coucs, (juoting from Mr. Trippe, says : " During the warmer months the Canada Jay frequents the darkest forests of spruce, occasionally flying a little way above the trees. It is quite tame, coming about the mining camps to pick up whatever is thrown out in the way of food, and evincing much
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