_Perisoreus canadensis canadensis_
Size of the Blue Jay; a gray bird with a black
crown and white forehead, cheeks and throat.
_Range._ Northern New England and northern New
York, northward; resident, rarely straggling
southward.
Cambridge, A.V., one record, Oct.
It is singular that the Canada Jay at the north and the Florida Jay in
the south should show exceptional confidence in man, while the Blue Jay
always seems to regard him with suspicion. The very day we make camp in
the north woods the Canada Jay or Whiskey Jack becomes our guest. As
though assured of a welcome he fearlessly joins our party, helping
himself to such supplies as please his fancy. Long before our arrival,
when snow still covered the ground, he has reared his family and for the
rest of the year has only his own wants to fill.