. . ican jays inhabit mountainousdistricts in the western portions of the United States. TheLong-Crested Jay is common in the Rocky Mountains,ranging through New Mexico and Colorado. Like the bluejay it possesses a crest, which the birds erect when alarmedor agitated. Long-crested jays are partial to coniferous trees, andin the pine districts of Arizona they are permanent res-idents. Noisy troops of this species rove about the canyonsduring the winter months, at times their notes resemblingthose of the eastern blue jay. The nests are
. . ican jays inhabit mountainousdistricts in the western portions of the United States. TheLong-Crested Jay is common in the Rocky Mountains,ranging through New Mexico and Colorado. Like the bluejay it possesses a crest, which the birds erect when alarmedor agitated. Long-crested jays are partial to coniferous trees, andin the pine districts of Arizona they are permanent res-idents. Noisy troops of this species rove about the canyonsduring the winter months, at times their notes resemblingthose of the eastern blue jay. The nests are usually concealed in a mass of twigs atthe top of an evergreen tree. Sticks and weed stalks areused in the construction of the nest. Four or five lightgreen eggs marked with brown and purple are laid in Mayor June. Stellers jay, of which the long-crested is a sub-species,is confined to the Pacific coast from northern Californiato Alaska. The blue-fronted jay is another sub-speciesinhabiting the Sierra Nevada range, south of the regionoccupied by Stellers 370 LONG-CRESTED JAY. (Cyanocitta stelleri raacrolopha). Nearly Life-size. COPYRrGMT 1900, BV A, W. MUMFORO, CHICAGO
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