. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Santa Cruz Jay. Taken on Santa Cruz Island Photo by the Author "ALMOST AN ANGEL" PORTRAIT OF SANTA CRUZ JAY spotted with olive (Lincoln green to deep grape green). The green element fades quickly, however, so that eggs advanced in incubation are of a pale Niagara green ground color. Among a dozen sets there are no color variants worth mentioning; nor have I seen a single example of the " red " type, which is so pleas- ing a
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Santa Cruz Jay. Taken on Santa Cruz Island Photo by the Author "ALMOST AN ANGEL" PORTRAIT OF SANTA CRUZ JAY spotted with olive (Lincoln green to deep grape green). The green element fades quickly, however, so that eggs advanced in incubation are of a pale Niagara green ground color. Among a dozen sets there are no color variants worth mentioning; nor have I seen a single example of the " red " type, which is so pleas- ing a feature of the mainland form. In size the eggs of the Santa Cruz form average slightly larger than those of A. californica. Second sets are prepared with amazing alacrity if the first are destroyed. In two cases we noted complete sets of five thirteen days after the first had been taken. This quick recovery was the more remarkable in one instance, because the first set had been near hatching, and the re- productive organs of the birds were, therefore, in a state of quiescence. One speaks without apo- logy of "collecting" jays' eggs, for the jay is a master oologist himself. Doubtless he owes much of his sleek corpulence to a diet of Dusky Warblers' eggs; and as for those pleas- ing, but not humanly seduc- tive ovals known as Mourn- ing Doves' eggs, they are a thing almost unknown in jay territory. The poultry keep- er, too, at the "big ranch" 62. 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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