. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 198 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK Blue Jay. Gyanocitta cristata 4(i. — Upper parts grayish-blue ; head furnished with a crest, which is often, however, depressed; wings and tail bright blue, with narrow black bars and broad white spots; throat gray; collar about breast and neck black; lower belly white. Nest, placed in thick evergreen from Ave to twen
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. 198 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK Blue Jay. Gyanocitta cristata 4(i. — Upper parts grayish-blue ; head furnished with a crest, which is often, however, depressed; wings and tail bright blue, with narrow black bars and broad white spots; throat gray; collar about breast and neck black; lower belly white. Nest, placed in thick evergreen from Ave to twenty feet up. Eggs, greenish, spotted with brown. The Blue Jay is a common permanent resident of New England and New York, but is most numerous in the au- tumn. It inhabits woodland of any sort, feeding in fall and winter on grain, acorns, and nuts; in spring and sum- mer it lives largely on in- sects, but too often robs the nests of other birds of eggs or young. Though a noisy bird at times, a pair can be so silent about the nesting- site that the eggs will per- haps be laid before their presence is suspected. Their bright contrast, too, of blue and white, is not nearly so conspicuous in leafy shade as one might expect. Jays have a habit of hopping upward from one branch to the next till they reach the top of a tree. When flying through open spaces, they keep at almost an exact level, and may by this peculiarity of flight be recognized at some distance. Jays are very vigilant and give notice by their screams of the presence of an intruder; hawks and owls are frequently pursued by a noisy mob. Their notes vary greatly; the commonest are the well- known strident djay djay, a higher and more prolonged tee-ar tee-ar, which exactly simulates the scream of the. Fig. 60. 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 o
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