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Definition of Perisoreus
1. Noun. Canada jays.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Garrulinae, Subfamily Garrulinae
Member holonyms: Camp Robber, Canada Jay, Gray Jay, Grey Jay, Perisoreus Canadensis, Whisker Jack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perisoreus
Literary usage of Perisoreus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska by Joseph Grinnell (1900)
"282 (485) perisoreus obscurus obscurus (Ridgway) Sharpe. OREGON JAY. STATUS—Fairly
common resident in the humid coast Boreal in the extreme northwestern ..."
2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... preceding except that they have generally been found nesting near the tops of
tall fir trees. Size of eggs, 1.05 x .80. '3r 485a. Gray Jay. perisoreus ..."
3. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"perisoreus canadensis capitalis. Range.—Rocky Mountains from Montana to Arizona.
This variety has the whole crown white and only a small amount of blackish ..."
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