. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . i)ca hudsonica). — A large,western, long-tailed, brightly iridescent black bird, with whiteshoulders, tip of wings, and belly. It is generally a ground-living, noisy bird, with an infinite variety of notes, harsh andpleasant, discordant and musical, squeaky and gurgling. FAM. XVI. JAYS, CROWS, MAGPIES, ETC. 153 Length, 15-22; wing, 7^-8^; tail, 91-12; tarsus. If; ciilmen, 1^.Northern and western North America from the Plains to the CascadeMountains, and from Alaska to N
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . i)ca hudsonica). — A large,western, long-tailed, brightly iridescent black bird, with whiteshoulders, tip of wings, and belly. It is generally a ground-living, noisy bird, with an infinite variety of notes, harsh andpleasant, discordant and musical, squeaky and gurgling. FAM. XVI. JAYS, CROWS, MAGPIES, ETC. 153 Length, 15-22; wing, 7^-8^; tail, 91-12; tarsus. If; ciilmen, 1^.Northern and western North America from the Plains to the CascadeMountains, and from Alaska to NewMexico. Casually or accidentallyin Michigan and northern Illinois. 2. Blue Jay (477. Cyanocittacristd,ta). — A very common,large, noisy, crested, brightlymarked, blue bird, with whitethroat, belly, and tips of outertail feathers. The wings andtail are barred with black, andthe neck has a black very beautiful species hasmore bad traits than can herebe mentioned; among them areits fondness for eggs and nest-lings. It has many notes of itsown, and is a mimic, imitatingthe notes of a number of other American Magpie Length, 111 ; wing, (5-6) ; tail, ^ ; tarsus, 1| ; culmen, 1. NorthAmerica from the Plains eastward and from Florida to the fur countries. About resident Florida Blue Jay ( C. florincola) of theGulf coast region, fromFlorida to Texas, is smaller,grayer in color, and hasthe under tail feathers lesstipped with white (usuallyunder 1 inch). Wing, 3. Florida Jay ( floridclnn).— A large, very noisy,bro^\^lish-bodied, gray-ish-blue bird, with whitish under parts. There is a tintof blue on the sides of the breast and across the breast.
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