GARRULUS. JAY. 575 



ed ; nestle in trees and bushes, and have from four to nine of 

 a brood. Some are gregarious, others unsocial. The sexes 

 differ little in external appearance. 



The affinities of this genus are various. Its most direct rela- 

 tion is to Corvus and Pica ; but it is also allied to Turdus, of 

 which several species are merely small Jays, and perhaps still 

 more so to Parus, of which several species, although small, 

 greatly resemble some Jays, not only in the form of the bill, 

 but in colouring, and in some of their habits. 



Only two species occur in Europe, of which one is a constant 

 resident in Britain. 



