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COMMON JAY. 



Its cr}^ is a harsh scream sounding like a hoarse 

 "rae". It is very shy and wary and keeps to the 

 thickest part of the woods (except when in the summer 

 it approaches gardens to steal the fruit), and will fly 

 off chattering and screaming on the slightest sound 

 of any one approaching. 



COMMON JAY. 



We had a nest of five last spring which we attempted 

 to rear and tame, but only one now survives. The 

 Jay makes a most amusing pet, for it has a wonderful 

 imitative faculty which it displays to great advantage 

 on occasions. It has been heard to imitate "the 



