. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. Length, 15-22; wing, |; tail, 9^-12; tarsus, If; culmen, 1^. Northern and western North America from the Plains to the Cascade Mountains, and from Alaslia to New Mexico. Casually or accidentally in Michigan and northern Illinois. 2. Blue Jay (477. Cyanodtta cristiXta). — A very common, large, noisy, crested, brightly marked, blue bird, with white throat, belly, and tips of outer tail feathers. The wings and tail are barred with black, and the neck has a black
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. Length, 15-22; wing, |; tail, 9^-12; tarsus, If; culmen, 1^. Northern and western North America from the Plains to the Cascade Mountains, and from Alaslia to New Mexico. Casually or accidentally in Michigan and northern Illinois. 2. Blue Jay (477. Cyanodtta cristiXta). — A very common, large, noisy, crested, brightly marked, blue bird, with white throat, belly, and tips of outer tail feathers. The wings and tail are barred with black, and the neck has a black collar. This very beautiful species has more bad traits than can here be mentioned ; among them are its fondness for eggs and nest- lings. It has many notes of its own, and is a mimic, imitating the notes of a number of other birds. Length, \\\ ; wing, 5^ (5-6) ; tail, 5J; tarsus, 1|; culmen, 1. North America from the Plains eastward and from Florida to the fur countries. About resident throughout. The Florida Blue Jay (477". C. C. florincola) of the Gulf coast region, from Florida to Texas, is smaller, grayer in color, and has the under tail feathers less tipped with white (usually under 1 inch). Wing, H-h\. 3. Florida Jay (479. ApheUcoma floridd,na). — A large, very noisy, brownish-bodied, gray- ish-blue bird, with whitish under parts. There is a tint of blue on the sides of the breast and across the breast. American Magpie. Blue Jay. 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 Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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