Painted

1915

Published

1931

Volume

8

Plate

475

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Magpie

Pica pica hudsonia

DESCRIPTION

Combining Crow cleverness with Blue Jay loquacity, these brigands in white and black uniforms keep the locality they frequent in a state of excitement. Animals, chickens or other birds are sent scurrying to cover by sudden dives of MAGPIES who voice their derision with loud cries.
They are expert thieves, stealing anything which strikes their fancy. The habit of devouring young chicks and eggs has brot shotguns to shoulder whenever they appear. Caution, protected nests and large families outweigh man's enmity and they are holding their own.
If taken young they can be taught words and short tunes but seem more interested in strange visitors than in the one who feeds them. Clothes make the man in their estimation and a well-dressed individual gets all their attention. They gather in sentineled flocks except during nesting season and subsist on any food which can be obtained—even carrion.

BREEDING

Nest: a bulky structure of sticks and thorny twigs (sometimes as large as a barrel) lined with mud and grass. Entirely arched, with side entrance and located in trees from five to forty feet high.
Eggs: 6-9; pale green or gray, heavily blotched with brown and purple.

RANGE

Thinly-wooded parts of western North America from northwestern Alaska to southern Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas.

Wild Dilly

Mimusops sieberi

DESCRIPTION

A 30-foot tree sparsely distributed on southern Florida Keys.

magpie
horned-lark
Horned Lark
474
pallid-horned-lark-prairie-horned-lark
Pallid Horned Lark, Prairie Horned Lark
474a-474b
desert-horned-lark-texas-horned-lark
Desert Horned Lark, Texas Horned Lark
474c-474d
california-horned-lark-ruddy-horned-lark
California Horned Lark, Ruddy Horned Lark
474e-474f
streaked-horned-lark-scorched-horned-lark
Streaked Horned Lark, Scorched Horned Lark
474g-474h
dusky-horned-lark-sonora-horned-lark
Dusky Horned Lark, Sonora Horned Lark
474i-474j
hoyt-horned-lark
Hoyt Horned Lark
474k
montezuma-horned-lark-island-horned-lark
Montezuma Horned Lark, Island Horned Lark
474l-474m
magpie
Magpie
475
yellowbill-magpie
Yellowbill Magpie
476
blue-jay
Blue Jay
477
florida-blue-jay
Florida Blue Jay
477a
steller-jay-bluefront-jay
Steller Jay, Bluefront Jay
478-478a
longcrest-jay-blackhead-jay
Longcrest Jay, Blackhead Jay
478b-478c
queen-charlotte-jay-coast-jay
Queen Charlotte Jay, Coast Jay
478d-478e
florida-jay
Florida Jay
479
woodhouse-jay
Woodhouse Jay
480
blule-ear-jay
Blue Ear Jay
480.1
california-jay
California Jay
481
santa-cruz-jay
Santa Cruz Jay
481.1
xantus-jay-belding-jay
Xantus Jay, Belding Jay
481a-481b
arizona-jay-couch-jay
Arizona Jay, Couch Jay
482-482a
green-jay
Green Jay
483
canada-jay-rocky-mountain-jay
Canada Jay, Rocky Mountain Jay
484-484a
alaska-jay-labrador-jay
Alaska Jay, Labrador Jay
484b-484c
oregon-jay-gray-jay
Oregon Jay, Gray Jay
485a
raven
Raven
486
northern-raven
Northern Raven
486a
whiteneck-raven
Whiteneck Raven
487
crow
Crow
488
florida-crow-western-crow
Florida Crow, Western Crow
488a-488b
northwest-crow
Northwest Crow
489
fish-crow
Fish Crow
490
clark-nutcracker
Clark Nutcracker
491
pinyon-jay
Pinyon Jay
492
bobolink
Bobolink
494
cowbird
Cowbird
495
dwarf-cowbird
Dwarf Cowbird
495a
bronze-cowbird
Bronze Cowbird
496
redeye-cowbird
Redeye Cowbird
496A
yellowhead-blackbird
Yellowhead Blackbird
497
redwing-blackbird
Redwing Blackbird
498
sonora-redwing-bahama-redwing-florida-redwing
Sonora Redwing, Bahama Redwing, Florida Redwing
498a-498b-498c
thickbill-redwing-san-diego-redwing
Thickbill Redwing, San Diego Redwing
498d-498e
northwest-redwing-vera-cruz-redwing
Northwest Redwing, Vera Cruz Redwing
498f-498g
bicolor-redwing
Bicolor Redwing
499
tricolor-redwing
Tricolor Redwing
500
meadowlark
Meadowlark
501
western-meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
501.1
rio-grande-southern-meadowlark
Rio Grande Meadowlark, Southern Meadowlark
501a-501c
audubon-oriole
Audubon Oriole
503
scott-oriole
Scott Oriole
504
sennett-oriole
Sennett Oriole
505
arizona-hood-oriole
Arizona Hood Oriole
505a
orchard-oriole
Orchard Oriole
506
baltimore-oriole
Baltimore Oriole
507
bullock-oriole
Bullock Oriole
508
rusty-blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
509
brewer-blackbird
Brewer Blackbird
510
purple-grackle
Purple Grackle
511
florida-grackle-bronze-grackle
Florida Grackle, Bronze Grackle
511a-511b
boattail-grackle
Boattail Grackle
513
great-tail-grackle
Great Tail Grackle
513a