2^ JAY. Class II. 



ens ; is a crafty, rcftlefs, noify bird: Ovid therefore 

 with great juftice ftyles it, 



- Nemoruniconvicia Pica, 



Is eafily tamed; may be taught to imitate the 

 IiLiman voice : it builds its neft with great art, co- 

 vering it entirely with thorns, except one fmall 

 hole for admittance ; and lays fix or feven ego-s, of 

 a pale green color fpotted with brown. The mag- 

 pie weighs near nine ounces : the length is eigh- 

 teen inches ; the breadth only twenty four. 



■9. Jay. i-e Jay. Belon a^v. 2S9. 



Picaglandaria. Gejnera^j. 700. 

 Ald}\ aV' I. 393. 

 Olina^ 35. 

 Wil, orn. 130. 

 Rail fyn. a'v. 41. 

 Ghiandaia. Zinan. 67. 

 Corvus glandarius. Lin. fyji. 



156. 

 Le Geay, Garrulus. Brijfotiav. 

 W.^-j.HiJi.d'Oys.m.iQ-j, 



Allonfkrika, Kornfkrika. 



Faun. Suec. /p. 90. 

 Skov-fkade. Br. 33. 

 NufT-heher. Kram. 335. 

 Eichen-Heher (Oak-Jay), or 



Holtz-Schreyer (Wood- 



Cryer). Fri/ch, 1. SS- 

 Br. Zoo/. 77. plate D. 

 Skoia, Schoga. Scopoliy No. 



39- 



i^EscRip. r|-^HIS is one of the mod beautifull of the Bri- 

 JL tijh birds. The weight is between fix and 

 feven ounces: the length thirteen inches; the 

 breadth twenty and a half. 



The bill is (Irong, thick and black ; about an 

 inch and a quarter long. The tongue black, thin, 

 and cloven at the tip : the irides white. The chin 

 is white: at the angle of the mouth are two 



large 





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