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Show 253 No. W* 4T » 1 44W 461 Sex. Jun. rfjun. < f jnn- 508 0 0a d. 599 4m 691 5 Jan. cTad. cf jun. Locality. Walker's Basin, Cal Near Mount Whitney, Cal... do do do do Near KernviUe, Cal Date. Aug. 3 Aug. 27 Sept. 12 Sept. 10 Oct. 16 Oct 23 Collector. H. W. Henshaw... . . . . do do .... do .... do do .... do .... do Wing. 5.65 5.68 5.58 5.75 a 62 Tail. 5.25 5.71 5.35 5.62 5.30 BUI. 1.12 1.28 1.26 1.33 1.36 Tarsus. 1.63 1.63 1.43 1.65 1.63 91. Cyanocitta Jloridana, ( Bartr.), var. cdlifornica, ( Vigors,).-- Californian Ground Jay. Garruku oalifomictu, Vigors, Zool Beechey's " Voy., 1R39,21, p t v. € y* no* Ua eaUJornica, Newb., P. B. R. Rep., vi, 1857, 85.- Bd., B. N. A., 1858, 584.- Xantus, Proo. Phila. Acad. Nat Soi., 1859, 192; ibid., 1859, 305 ( Cape S t Lucas).- Coop., B. CaL,*, 1870,302. Aphdocoma Jloridana var. californica, Cones, Key N. A. B., 1872,166.- Nelson, Proc. Bost. Soo. Nat HiBt, zvii, 1875, 360 ( California). Cyanocitta Jloridana var. caUj'ornica, B., B., & B., N. A. B., 1874,11,291. So far as habits are concerned, this bird is simply the Florida Jay transferred from the scrub of that peninsula to the chaparral of California. Its vertical range is exactly complementary to that of the Steller's Jay. It is found from well down in the valleys to a height on the mountains of about 5,000 feet, farther up than which it begins to be rare, while here the other, a true Mountain Jay, begins to pat in an appearance. Its mode of life offers little that is distinctive. When disturbed, it clings to the thickets for protection, and if much alarmed makes off at its best speed under their cover. When slightly startled, its curiosity compels it to linger, and in the unfrequented parts of California, and especially upon the island of Santa Cruz, the report of a gun was not sufficient to excite its fears. In this unsophisticated nature, it is rather peculiar ; both the Woodhouse s and Florida Jays possessing their full share of the wariness characteristic of the family. No. 19 20 731 331 Sex. 9 ad. d ad. 9 ad. 0 Ail. 429 $ ad. 656 ' d « 57 i 9 664 rf 607 tm 4199 739 733 9 Locality. Santa Gnu Island, Cal do '. do Walkers Basin, Cal do do Near KernviUe, Cal - d o . . . . . do do do do Date. June 10 June 11 June 2 Aug. 9 Aug. 28 Nov. 5 Nov. 11 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 11 Nov. 11 Collector. H. W. Henshaw. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. ' Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. TYBANNID^.- FLYCATCHERS. 92. Tyrannm verticals, Say.- Arkansas Flycatcher. This Flycatcher extends from Kansas, and even farther eastward ( Iowa), across the central plains, and so on to the Pacific. South it is found well into Arizona, and north into British Columbia. Over much of this region it is abundant, and it is absent only from the high mountain- ranges. In the southern half of California, it is quitefnumer-ous, perhaps as much so as anywhere in its wide habitat. Its habits are the same everywhere. The Tyrannm voctferana, I find recorded in my note- book as occurring about Los Angeles in June, but I did not secure any specimens, nor was it seen elsewhere. According to Dr. Cooper, it is quite common in Southern California, and winters about Los Angeles. No. Sex. 35 • tfad. 88 9 Jan. 91 J Jan. 149 cTjnn. 266 i cTjim. Locality. Los Angeles, Cal Santo Barbara, Cal... do do Tejon Mountains, Cal Date. June 17 June 26 June 26 June 29 Aug. 2 Collector. H. W. Henshaw. Da Do. Da Da |
