. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. CROWS AND JAYS 225 glossed with pale l)liic; the lower portion of the ah<lo- men and anal region pale yellow. Nest and Eggs.—Nkst: Well hidilen in dense thickets; constructed of thorny twigs, and thinly lined with grass, moss, rootlets, and hair. Eccs: 4 to 7, grayish, greenish or huffy white, spotted with brown and lavender thickly around large end. Distribution.— Lower Kio Grande valley, in south- ern Te,\as and northern Tamaulipas and N'uevo Leon, from the coast as far up the valley as Laredo, Texas. This handsoim- Jay occurs cliicHy in soutli
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. CROWS AND JAYS 225 glossed with pale l)liic; the lower portion of the ah<lo- men and anal region pale yellow. Nest and Eggs.—Nkst: Well hidilen in dense thickets; constructed of thorny twigs, and thinly lined with grass, moss, rootlets, and hair. Eccs: 4 to 7, grayish, greenish or huffy white, spotted with brown and lavender thickly around large end. Distribution.— Lower Kio Grande valley, in south- ern Te,\as and northern Tamaulipas and N'uevo Leon, from the coast as far up the valley as Laredo, Texas. This handsoim- Jay occurs cliicHy in soutli- eastern Texas, and is essentially a bird of Mexico rather than of the United States. It reveals many of the of its family, inckid- ins,' inciuisitivcness and pugnacity, and that it has a stroiij,' liking for flesh is shown i)y its practice of lurking near houses and feeding on refuse containing meat. It seems probable, therefore, that it may have the nest-robbing habits which characterize some of its relatives. CANADA JAY Perisoreus canadensis canadensis (Linutrus) A. O. V. Number 484 Sec Color Plate 71 Other Names.— Whiskey Jack; Camp Robber; Whiskey John; Moose-bird; Meat Ilawk; Carrion Hird ; (jrcasc Bird; Meat Bird; V'enison Bird. General Description.— Length, 11^ inches. Plum- age, gray, dark above and light below. Wing, short and rounded; head, not crested. Color.— .Adult: Forehead (including nasal tufts), fore part of croit:n, sides of head, chin, throat, and chest, white; hack, shoulders, lesser wi)ui-coverts, rump, and upper tail-coverts, plain mouse-gray; wings and tail slate-gray, the primaries slightly more bluish; middle and greater wing-coverts sometimes tipped with white; under parts of body, plain drab- gray, paler (almost, sometimes quite, white) on anal region and under tail-coverts; iris, brown. Young: Above, including crown and hindneck, slate color or brownish-slate; under parts, including chin, throat, and chest, plain brownish
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