. American ornithology, for home and school . i4- A. O. V. No. 484. NEST AND EGGS OF CANADA JAY, CANADA JAY. RANGE. (I*e i-iorfus canitdensis) Northern United States including northern New England, New York,Michigan andwest to the eastern base of the Rockies, and the whole ofsoutheastern Canada. DESCRIPTION. Length in. back, wings and tail smoky gray, throat white, shad-ing into gray on the under parts; forehead buffy white shading into blackish on the hindhead, the latter color reaching to the eyes. The habits, nesting habits, nest and eggs of the following sub-speciesand species are ind
. American ornithology, for home and school . i4- A. O. V. No. 484. NEST AND EGGS OF CANADA JAY, CANADA JAY. RANGE. (I*e i-iorfus canitdensis) Northern United States including northern New England, New York,Michigan andwest to the eastern base of the Rockies, and the whole ofsoutheastern Canada. DESCRIPTION. Length in. back, wings and tail smoky gray, throat white, shad-ing into gray on the under parts; forehead buffy white shading into blackish on the hindhead, the latter color reaching to the eyes. The habits, nesting habits, nest and eggs of the following sub-speciesand species are indistinguishable or identical with those of the CanadaJay and they will be considered together. No. 484a. ROCKY MOUNTAIN JAY, RANGE. (r. V. <-itpititlis) The Rocky Mountains from the southern to the northern boundariesof the United States. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 201. Photo from lifu Ly L. B. MOUNTAIN JAY.[Winner of 2nd Prize in 19W Photo contest.] 202 AMERIOAN ORNITHOLOGY. DESCRIPTION. Like the last except that the white covers the whole top of the head,the dark being confined to the extreme hindhead and being of a moregrayish shade. ALASKAN JAY. ISo. 484b. (F. c. fumlfrons) RANGE. This sub-species which is found, as the name implies, in Alaska,differs from the Canada Jay chiefly in having the forehead ot a moreyellowish buff color. LABRADOR JAY, No. 484c. (1. <•. nigricapiUiis; RANGE. This bird is confined to Labrador; it is distinguished from the CanadaJay by a greater abundance of black on the back of the head, it reach-ing to the front of the eyes and forming a circle around them. Theblack is also more intense than in any other of this species. OREGON JAY. !No. 485. (Perisoreus obseurtis) RANGE. Pacific coast of the United States from northern California to south-ern British Columbia. This species is quite similar to the Can
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