114 riiinici^c of flic Yiicaiau Jay. 



following;' year; more gradual in tlic colour of the iris; and still 

 more L;"ra(lual in tlie colonr ot the niandihles and cyc-rini;". 



II. 



Tr\'EXAL PLUMAGE OF THREE IXDIVIDUALS. 



Individual A. — (Fig. 51 ). 



Seven Weeks Oed (September 8. 191 t). 

 Head, neck, breast, belly and under tail-coverts pale 

 creamy white, faintly tinged on the crown with blue, all of the 

 white feathers with sooty l)lack bases; above, pale blue, with a 

 few new feathers of brighter blue; wing-coverts like the back; 

 remiges sooty black on inner web and rachis, (rachis white 

 below'), outer web bright bUie like new back feathers. The 

 blue on the tip of the inner web gradually increases, from the 

 outer feathers inward, so that the inner secondary is uniform 

 blue, with the exception of the proximal portion of inner web. 

 Under wing-coverts sooty black, with faint lighter bars; tail 

 bright blue above. IV.ack below; rachis black above and below; 

 thighs brownish black, tinged with blue at the tarsal joint. 

 Legs and feet pale yellow; bill orange yellow. Iris dark hazel 

 brown. A small patch of black feathers is appearing at either 

 side of the breast and scattered ones throughout the rest of the 

 underparts, but none on the head. In both this and the other 

 individuals the rectrices are so broken that it is impossible to 

 state the amount and place of occurrence of the white. Bill 

 ;^2 mm., tarsus 46 mm. 



Sixteen- Weeks (Novemrer 18, 1911). 

 Feathers of the head, neck and upper breast deep black, a 

 few white feathers, inter]^osecl with black ones, remain above 

 and below the eyes and on the lores and chin. The lower breast 

 and abdomen are slightly tinged with blue, which becomes more 

 distinct on the under tail-covers. The back and scapulars are 

 uniform bright blue. The lesser coverts, carpal edge and inner 

 nedian coverts and all the greater coverts have not as yet been 

 moulted. Wing and unplucked tail feathers have not been 

 renewed, nor have the under wing-coverts and the feathers of 

 the thighs. The eye-lid is bright yellow, the bill and legs some- 

 what paler. The iris is dark slaty gray. All of the feathers, 

 e^ cept rectrices, remiges and upper wing-coverts, are loose in 



