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OMNIVOROUS BIRDS. 



Subgenus. — Garrulus. {Jays,) 



With the bill rather short and straight ; the upper mandible some- 

 what inflected at tip ; the lower keeled. Feathers of the head ca- 

 pable of being erected at will. The wings not extending to the tip 

 of the tail. The colors usually brilliant, frequently with more or 

 less of blue, or of the still brighter colors of the Roller (Coracias.) 



They appear noisy and inquisitive ; like the Pies, progress by 

 leaps, and with them, have a low and unprotracted flight. 



BLUE JAY. 



{Corrms cristatus, Lin. Wilson, i. p. 11. pi. 1. fig. 1. Philad. Muse- 

 um. No. ) 



Sp. Charact. — Crested, and blue; beneath whitish with a black 

 collar ; the wing-coverts transversely barred with black ; the tail 

 wedge-shaped. 



