. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE ULUK FUOXTKU JAY. 867 this .su]>j(H't: "Wliilis collectin;' l)ir( and tlieir (<<j<^s in company with my brotliur, Capt. I J. F. (.loss, in tlie Hprinjjf ot" 1884, in the vicinity of JuHan, Cali- t'ornia, wo iouiul a nunihor o( tho nests of the Hhie-fronted Jay, and in all oases hnt one in holes and troujfh-like (!avities in trees and stubs, ninj^ing from 4 to 50 feet from the {ground, jjen
. Life histories of North American birds, from the parrots to the grackles [microform] : with special reference to their breeding habits and eggs. Birds; Birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE ULUK FUOXTKU JAY. 867 this .su]>j(H't: "Wliilis collectin;' l)ir( and tlieir (<<j<^s in company with my brotliur, Capt. I J. F. (.loss, in tlie Hprinjjf ot" 1884, in the vicinity of JuHan, Cali- t'ornia, wo iouiul a nunihor o( tho nests of the Hhie-fronted Jay, and in all oases hnt one in holes and troujfh-like (!avities in trees and stubs, ninj^ing from 4 to 50 feet from the {ground, jjenerally Id to 20 feet up.'" Since the construction of the Oentral Pacific Railroad over the Sierra Nevadas nmny of the .lays nest in tlie extensive snowsheds found alonp; the line of this road, and numi)ers of their nests are yearly torn down by the railroad employees; but this does not appear to disirouruf^^e them, as they continue to build new nests in similar localities. Besides the trees and shrubs already mentioned as bein<? used for nestin;"- sites by this subspecies, it also builds occasionally in sycamores an<l willow thickets, althou;fii firs, cedars, and pines are most often Birds bre'jdinjif in the hij^'her moimtains retina in the late fall to lower altitudes, win- terin- usually in the foothills, from 2,000 to 4,000 feet above sea level. Tiu} nests are similar in size and i-ttustruction to those of Steller's Jay, and tlit^ sanu^ description will answer for both. Occasionally one is linetl with ])ine needles in lieu of rootlets. Nidificatiou connnences sometimes in the latter part of Ajiril, more frefjuently in May, and now and then it is delayed into June. The ninnber of cff^js to a set varies from three to five, sets of four being m<tst counnon. An eji-g is deposited daily, and incubation lasts about sixteen days. The male assists in these duties, and usually but one brood is in a season. The e<fgs resemble those of Steller's ,Ja
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