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GARRULUS GLANDARIUS. THE 

 BLUE-WINGED JAY. 



JAY. JAY PIE. JAY PYET. SCREACHAG-CHOILLE. 



Fiu 



Corvus Glandarius. Linn, Syst. Nat. I. 256. 



Corvus Glandarius. Lath. Lid. Orn. I. 157. 



Jay. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Geai. Corvus Glandarius. Temm, Man. d'Orn. L 114. 



Geai glandivore. Garrulus Glandarius. Temm. Man. d'Orn. IIL 65. 



Jay. Garrulus Glandarius. Selb. Illustr. I. 362. 



Garrulus Glandarius. Jay. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 148. 



General colour of the plumage light brow?iish-red ; fore part of 

 the head ichitlsh spotted with blacky of ichich there are two bi^oad 

 bands from the base of the bill ; primary coverts and alula bright 

 blue banded with blacklsh-blue. 



Male. — The Jay, although inferior in beauty to many spe- 

 cies of its genus, is yet one of the gaudiest of our native birds. 

 It is about the size of the Jackdaw or Magpie, bating a portion 

 of the tail of the latter, and of a moderately full, rather inele- 

 gant form, ^vith a short neck and large head. The bill is rather 

 short, strong, compressed ; the upper mandible with the dorsal 

 line a little convex, the sides sloping and convex, the sharp 

 edges overlapping, with a notch near the tip, which is decli- 



