A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 5 



GARRULUS GLANDARIUS 



9. Garrulus glandarius glandarius (L.) — THE CONTINENTAL 

 JAY. 



CORVUS GLANDARIUS Liniiapus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 106 (1758 — 



Europe. Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Garrnhis glandarius (Linnaeus), Yarrell, 11, p. 323 (part) ; Saunders, 



p. 235 (part). 



Garrulus g. glandarius, N. F. Ticehurst, Brit. B., iv, p. 213. 



Distribution. — Great Britain. — Migrant. Jays arriving on east 

 coast England in autumn have fairly often been recorded (c/. 

 Saunders, p. 235 ; Birds Yorks., i, pp. 226-7 ; Hist. Birds Kent, 

 p. 196, etc.), but no specimens of immigrants had been examined 

 until recorded by Ticehurst, Kent, and Sussex, Oct., 1910 {Brit. B., 

 IV, p. 213). More records of Continental Jays based on examination 

 of specimens are required. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe generally, but represented by 

 different forms in Spain, some Mediterranean islands, south-east 

 Russia, Turkey, north-west Africa, and parts of Asia. 



10. Garrulus glandarius rufitergum Hart. — THE BRITISH 

 JAY. 



Garrulus glandarius rufitergum Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, i, p. 30 

 (1903— Type, Tring) ; id., Brit. B., i, p. 209. 



Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 323 (part) ; Saunders, 

 p. 235 (part). 



Distribution. — Confined to Great Britain. — England and Wales. — 

 Resident. Generally distributed ; locally abundant. Not found 

 Isle of Man. Scotland. — Resident. Very local. Decreased in 

 numbers but apparently extending northwards. Very rare north 

 of Great Glen and not found Sutherland, Caithness, north-west 

 Highlands, Hebrides, or Orknej^g. Recorded Shetlands, but this 

 may have been the Continental form. Ireland. — Replaced by 

 Garrulus glandarius hibernicus, but may occur casually. 



11. Garrulus glandarius hibernicus With. & Hart. — THE 

 IRISH JAY. 



Garrulus glandarius hibernicus Witherby and Hartert, Brit. B., iv, 

 p. 234 (1911— Ireland. Type, co. Wexford). 



Distribution. — Confined to Ireland. — Resident in parts of fol- 

 lowing counties : — Waterford, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Wexford, 

 Carlow, Queen's, King's, Kildare, and irregularly in Cork, Galway, 

 Westmeath, Wicklow, Dublin, Meath, and Louth ; recently spread 

 into Fermanagh and Cavan. 



