ins from northern Colorado to British
Columbia.

The eggs of this sub-species cannot be identified from those of the
other varieties. Like the others, their nests are made of sticks
plastered together with mud and lined with weeds and rootlets.

478d. QUEEN CHARLOTTE JAY. _Cyanocitta stelleri carlottae._

Range.--Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.

479. FLORIDA JAY. _Aphelocoma cyanea._

Range.--Locally distributed in Florida.

All the birds of this genus have no crests or decided markings, are
white or grayish below, and more or less intense blue above, with the
back grayish or brownish blue. This species is 11.5 inches long, has a
pale blue crown and a nearly white forehead. It has a very limited
distribution, being confined chiefly to the coast districts of middle
Florida, and very abundant in some localities and rare in adjoining
ones. They build shallow structures of small sticks and weeds lined with
fine rootlets and placed at low elevations in bushes or scrubby trees.
The three or four eggs, which are laid in April or May are dull greenish
blue, marked with olive brown. Size 1.00 x .80. Data.--Titusville, Fla.,
April 17, 1899. Nest of sticks in a scrub oak, five feet from the
ground.

480. WOODHOUSE'S JAY. _Aphelocoma woodhousei._

Range.--United States west of the Rockies and from Oregon and Wyoming to
Mexico.

This species has the crown and forehead bluish, and the underparts gray,
streaked with bluish gray on the breast. It is also larger than the
last, being 12 inches long. They are very abundant in the Great Basin
between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas, breeding during April or May
in scrubby trees or bushes at low elevations and generally near streams.
They lay from three to five eggs of a dull bluish green color, spotted
with umber and lilac gray. Size 1.08 x .80. Data.--Iron County, Utah,
May 3, 1897. 4 eggs. Nest of sticks and weeds in a small pine tree.

[Illustration 308: Florida Jay.]
[Illustration: Greenish blue.]
[Illustration: Bluish green.]
[Illustration: 480-487.]
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480.1. BLUE-EARED JAY. _Aphelocoma cyanotis._

Range.--Interior of Mexico north to the southern boundary of Texas.

The nesting habits of this species are the same as those of the others
of the genus and the eggs are similar but the markings are generally
more prominent and larger. Size 1.10 x .80.

480.2. TEXAS JAY. _Aphelocoma texana._

Range.--Sou