. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . KEY TO SPECIES. 1. Under parts whitish cristata, p. 271. 1. Under parts blue. 2. With white spot over eye. 3. Belly pale blue diademata, p. 273. 3. Belly dark blue annectens, p. 273. 2. Without white spot over eye. 3. Under parts dark blue stelleri, p. 272. 3. Under parts light blue frontalis, p. 273. 477. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). Blue Jay. Adults. — Crest and back light purplish blue; wings and tail blue. 272 CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, ETC. barred with black; t
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . KEY TO SPECIES. 1. Under parts whitish cristata, p. 271. 1. Under parts blue. 2. With white spot over eye. 3. Belly pale blue diademata, p. 273. 3. Belly dark blue annectens, p. 273. 2. Without white spot over eye. 3. Under parts dark blue stelleri, p. 272. 3. Under parts light blue frontalis, p. 273. 477. Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). Blue Jay. Adults. — Crest and back light purplish blue; wings and tail blue. 272 CROWS, JAYS, MAGPIES, ETC. barred with black; throat gray or purplish white ; middle of breast and sides grayish or brownish, bellywhite ; white on outer tail feath-er an inch or more deep. Young:similar, but colors duller. Length , wing , ^, exposed eulmen . Distribution. — Breeds in east-ern North America from aboutlatitude 52° south to Florida, andfrom the Atlantic west to easternparts of Nebraska, Kansas, andnorthern Texas. Nest. — Usually in trees, often in orchards about houses, made Eggs: 3 to 6, pale olive, greenish, or. From Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Fig. 345. Blue Jay. largely of dried twigs and rootlets,buffy, sparsely spotted with brown. Food. — Largely mast; also corn, grain, grasshoppers, and caterpillars. Observers in the western parts of Kansas, Nebraska, and Texasmay be fortunate enough to know the spirited eastern blue jay. Invoice and general habits he resembles his western relatives, thoughperhaps more awake to the advantages to be had from humanneighborhood when snow covers the acorns and nuts on which hefeeds. 478. Cyanoeitta stelleri (Gmel.). Steller Jay. Adults. — Fore parts of body dull blackish, changing to pale blue onlower back and belly; wings and tail purplish blue, barred with : similar, but duller ; wing bars faint or wanting. Length : 12-13,wing , tail , bill . Distribution. — Resi
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