Field notes on ornithology and oology collected and recorded during 1891-1895, v4290
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77 Blue-fronted Jay Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis. 178a. Sepu.11 Examined a nest near Strawberry Val. which I take to be of this bird. It was situated about 25 ft. up on a branch of a fir tree. Outside of sticks and stems, then grasses and quite heavily lined inside with mud. Whole nest fully 1ft. square. (Perhaps Magpie?) Calif. Jay. aphelocoma californica. Aug3. Saw 6. at Eden Springs. Oct20 Saw 1. at Springs first east of Santa Rosa Mtns. 7 mi. West of Peniz. Dec.22. Saw 2 at Summit of Box Springs Mts. Keller shot one of them.