. North American birds eggs . r below, shading to wdiite on thethroat; the forehead and part of the crown is white andthe nape blackish. Their nests are placed at low eleva-tions in bushes or fir trees, and are usuallj very different from any of the pre-ceding Jays nests. They are nearly as high as wide, and are made of smalltwigs, moss, catkins, weeds and feathers making a soft spongy mass which isplaced in an upright crotch. The eggs are a yellowish gray <olor spotted andblotched with brown and grayish. Size x .80. Data.—Innisfail, Alberta,March 12, 1903. Xest a beautiful structure o
. North American birds eggs . r below, shading to wdiite on thethroat; the forehead and part of the crown is white andthe nape blackish. Their nests are placed at low eleva-tions in bushes or fir trees, and are usuallj very different from any of the pre-ceding Jays nests. They are nearly as high as wide, and are made of smalltwigs, moss, catkins, weeds and feathers making a soft spongy mass which isplaced in an upright crotch. The eggs are a yellowish gray <olor spotted andblotched with brown and grayish. Size x .80. Data.—Innisfail, Alberta,March 12, 1903. Xest a beautiful structure of twigs, moss and feathers in awillow bush, 6 feet from the ground- The thermometer registered 32 below zerothe day the eggs were taken. Collector, W. Blackwood. 484a. Rocky Mountain Jay. PeriHdreun ranftdeitfiis capitalis. Range.—Rocky ^fountains from Montana to Arizona. This variety has the whole crown white and only a small amount of blackishon the nape. Its nesting habits and eggs are precisely like those of the
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