=492. Pinon Jay= (_Cyanocephalus cyanocephalus_). L. 11; T. 4.8. _Ads._ Above nearly uniform grayish blue, head slightly darker; below slightly paler, throat streaked with white. _Notes._ Variable, some as harsh as those of No. 491, others like gabble of Magpie; others like Jays' common call a shrill, querulous, _peeh, peeh_; when on ground maintain a constant chatter. (Bendire.)
Range.--Western North America, from New Mexico and Lower California north to southern British Columbia; east to Rockies, west to Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges.
=479. Florida Jay= (_Aphelocoma cyanea_). L. 11.5. _Ads._ foreback clay-color or pale brownish gray; head, nape, wings, tail, sides of throat and faint breast-streaks blue; a grayish line over eye; throat gray; belly dingier; forehead usually hoary. _Notes._ Harsh and unmusical calls.
Range.--Florida; confined mostly to coast of the middle portions of the peninsula.
=480. Woodhouse Jay= (_Aphelocoma woodhousei_). L. 12; W. 5. _Ads._ Back _grayish or brownish blue_, usually not sharply defined from nape; crown, nape, wings and tail blue; throat _gray_; belly dingier; breast streaked with blue; _under tail-coverts blue_; a _narrow white_ line over eye. Resembles No. 479, but is larger, back bluer, forehead not hoary; line over eye sharper.
Range.--Western United States (chiefly Great Basin region), from northern Mexico north to southeastern Oregon and southern Wyoming; east to western Texas and Colorado; west to California, east of the Sierras.
=480.1. Blue-eared Jay= (_Aphelocoma cyanotis_). Resembling No. 480, but larger; W. 5. 5; under tail-coverts _white_; back slaty-gray tinged with blue; white line over eye less evident.
Range.--"Mexican tableland north casually to Sutton County, Texas." (Bailey.)
_480.2. Texan Jay_ (_Aphelocoma texana_). Similar to No. 480.1, but white line over eye more distinct, below paler and browner gray, lower throat and chest with obsolete grayish streaks instead of blue streaks. Differs from No. 480 in having pure white under tail coverts and in other respects. (Ridgw.)
Range.--"Southeastern Texas, from Concho and Kerr Counties west to the Davis Mountains." (Bailey.)
=481. California Jay= (_Aphelocoma californica_). Similar to No. 480, but back _brown_; usually sharply defined from nape; blue areas brighter, throat and belly whiter; breast less streaked with blue. _Notes._ Varied, usual call a harsh, metallic squawking.