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Pitka
1946
June 25 Alpine Co, Calif., and Douglas Co., Nevada.
as far as Diamond Valley in Alpine
County; that "intergradation" occurs
in the bridge of piƱon-juniper connecting
the Pine Nut Mts. and the Sierra Nevada,
probably in the Pine Nut Mts. themselves
and possibly in the northern Stillwater
Mountains and the neighboring Sierra
Nevadan slopes to the west. That nevadae
can cross the broad lowland barrier
to the north, however, is clearly indi-
cated by records from Sutcliffe and
the Granite Range. Nothing is known of
the breeding populations of scrub jays
in the Granite, Lake, and Nightingale
ranges (see maps on following page),
although I would now suspect that
superciliosa occurs in all of these.
If free interbreeding occurs between nevadae
and superciliosa in southern Douglas
County, it would appear to occur over
a relatively restricted area, with rather
striking changes occurring in characters
over relatively short distances. Continuity
in habitat here is such that supercilirosa
and nevadae must meet. Apparently,
judging from the one specimen obtained, they
interbred, but concerning
guestion regarding
behavior of characters