. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 330 NESTS AND EGOS OF ni ! :i 485. OREGON JAY. Periaoreus obscurus (Rldgw.) Geog. Dist.âNorthwest coast, from Northern California to British Columbia. Mr. A. W. Anthony mentions this species as a common, winter resident of Wash- ington county, Oregon. In March they depart for the mountains to breed, although a few sometimes remain to breed In the more secluded parts of the country. He characterizes it as a bird utterly devoid of fear. While dressing deer in the thick timber he has been'almost cover
. Nests and eggs of North American birds [microform]. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 330 NESTS AND EGOS OF ni ! :i 485. OREGON JAY. Periaoreus obscurus (Rldgw.) Geog. Dist.âNorthwest coast, from Northern California to British Columbia. Mr. A. W. Anthony mentions this species as a common, winter resident of Wash- ington county, Oregon. In March they depart for the mountains to breed, although a few sometimes remain to breed In the more secluded parts of the country. He characterizes it as a bird utterly devoid of fear. While dressing deer in the thick timber he has been'almost covered with these Jays; they would alight on his back, head and shoulders, and there tug and pull at each loose shred of his coat as if assisting him in all ways possible. On March 31,1884, he look a nest with five eggs, the first, probably, ever taken. The nest was. placed about eighty-five feet from tb6 ground, in a fir, and well concealed. It Was built close against the trunk, an<d was composed of sticks, twigs and moss, rather loosely put together, lined with cow-hair, wool, and one or two grouse feathers. The eggs were very light blue, with a grayish cast, thickly covered with spots of brown and lilac, chiefly on the larger ends. In one specimen there were a few black, hair-like, lines over the larger end. Size. â â . ,vV''v; 486. AMEBICAN BAVEIT. Corvu8 corax sinuatus (Wagl.) Qeog. Dist.â Western) United States, from the Rocky Mountains south to Guatemala. An inhabitant of the regions west of the Rocky Mountains, where it is common. The late Major Bendire wrote as follows: "Our ravens have recently been separated Into two races; but from the information I have been able to obtain it is questionable if the alleged differences of the two forms will prove conytant and marked enough to warrant this distinction. There is not at present sufTlcient material available for examination to determine this conclusively. I will leave this to abler ornithologists to de
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