Blue Jay 



The blue jay is a true American. He is known through- 

 out the continent, and never visits any other country. 



Flagg. a Year With the Birds.^^ 



The jay is a relative of the crow, and has much of the 

 crow's cleverness. 



ToRREY. Every Day Birds. ^^ 



The blue jay is both a mimic and a ventriloquist. Be- 

 sides an inexhaustible stock of whistles and calls of his 

 own, he imitates the notes of other species, notably those 

 of the .... hawks. 



The blue jay, I fear, is a reprobate, but .... there 

 is a dashing reckless air about him which makes us pardon 

 his faults and Uke him in spite of ourselves. 



Chapman. Handbook of Birds.^^ 



I am always glad to hear his hearty call through the 

 autumn woods; and the occasional sweet flute-hke note 

 he utters is one of the richest of our bird-notes, — a whole 

 bird-concert squeezed into a single note that comes rolling 

 down the narrow pathway through the woods. 



Abbott. Birds About Us.^^ 



At times I have heard this bird utter a few notes like 

 the tinkhng of a bell, and which, if syllabled, might form 

 such a word as dilly-lily. 



Flagg. A Year With the Birds.^^ 



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