. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. THE BIRD BOOK CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, ETC. Family US. Maopib. Pica pica hudionia. RanRe.âWestern North America from the Great Plains to the Pacific and from AlaRka to Arizona and New Mexico. These large handsome birds have the entire head, neck and breast velvety black, abruptly defined against the white underparts. The back, wings and tail are greenish or bluish black, and the scapulars, white: len
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. THE BIRD BOOK CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, ETC. Family US. Maopib. Pica pica hudionia. RanRe.âWestern North America from the Great Plains to the Pacific and from AlaRka to Arizona and New Mexico. These large handsome birds have the entire head, neck and breast velvety black, abruptly defined against the white underparts. The back, wings and tail are greenish or bluish black, and the scapulars, white: length of bird 20 inches. They are well known throughout the west, where their urayish white bold and thievish habits always excite com- ment. They nest in bushes and trees at low elevations from the ground, making a very large nest of sticks, with an opening on the side, and the Interior is made of weeds and mud. lined with fine grasses; these nests often _âââ iâââ .â t r. . reach a diameter of three feet and are made of quite large sticks During April or May, they lay from four to eight grayish white eggs, plentifully spotted with brown and drab. Size *â¢'"" -ITfi. Yellow-billed Magpie. Pica nuttalli. Range.âMiddle parts of California, west of the Sierra Nevadas. This species is slightly smaller than the last and has a yellowish bill and lores, otherwise being pre- cisely like the more common species. Their habits do not differ from those of the other, the nests are the same and the eggs are indistinguishable. Size ^â¢^^ ' â *'⢠Oraylsh whl»e. MiiBIiic. 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 Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert), 1876-1912. Toronto : Musson
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