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69. GARRULUS JAPONICUS. 

 (JAPANESE JAY.) 



Gurndus (jlandanus japonicm, Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japouica, A\es, 

 p. 8a (1847). 



The Japanese Jay differs from Brandt^s Jay in having black lores, 

 in having the ground-colour of the forehead and crown nearly white, 

 and in having the outer webs of the primaries nearly white towards 

 the apex and nearly black towards the base. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 43. 



The Japanese Jay is a common resident in Southern Japan, but 

 has not been known to occur in Yezzo. There are several examples 

 in the Swinhoe collection from Yokohama (Swinhoe, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 1-14), and a large series in the Pryer collection from the same 

 locality. Mr. Ringer has obtained it at Nagasaki, whence he has 

 sent examples to the Norwich Museum. It has not been recorded 

 from any part of the Asiatic continent. 



It is quite a mistake to suppose that the European Jay is more 

 nearly allied to the Japanese than to the Siberian or Chinese Jays. 

 It certainly resembles it most in the colour and markings of the 

 crown ; but this is a very variable character in adults, and still more 

 so in young in first plumage. The Japanese Jay is unique in having 

 black lores, the other three species having them coloured like the 

 crown. The Japanese and Chinese species agree in having the 

 terminal portions of the outer webs of the primaries white and the 

 basal portions black, whilst the European and Siberian species agree 

 in having the whole outer webs of the primaries for the most part 

 grey. The Chinese species poi^sesses two unique characters : it has 

 no black streaks on the crown, and the central portion of the outer 

 webs of its first four secondaries are barred with white, black, and 

 blue. The European Jay is nearest allied to the Siberian Jay, and, 

 according to Bogdanow, intergrades with it. 



70. GARRULUS SINENSIS. 

 (CHINESE JAY. 



G'anulus suicnsis, Govili,Jide Swinhoe, Proc. Zoo See. 18G3 p. 304. 



The Chinese Jay has all the body- feathers uniform viuaccous, 

 sluuliiig into white on the upper and under tail-coverts, except a 



