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AVES. 
hazel; tail long, cuneiform, the outer feathers being only about 
half the length of the middle ones. Length eighteen inches. 
Inhabits Europe and America. 
Garrulus glandarius .— The Jay. 
Plate XXXIX. fig-. 9. 
Back reddish-ash colour; head white, with black streaks; 
wing coverts barred with blue and black; bill and tail black ; 
irides clear blue ; legs and feet dark reddish-brown. Thirteen 
inches long. Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 6.—QUISCALUS.— Vieillot. 
Generic Character .—Bill smooth, straight, robust, and some¬ 
what compressed at the base ; edge angular, bent inwards ; upper 
mandible forming an acute angle, with the feathers of the head 
tapering towards its point; nostrils dilated, oval, covered by the 
membrane ; tarsus annulated ; middle toe attached to the exte¬ 
rior one the length of the first phalange, but quite separate from 
the interior one ; wings medium length ; first and fifth remiges 
of equal length, the third and fourth the longest; tail with twelve 
feathers. 
Quisculus major .— The Great Crow Grakle. 
Plate XXXVIII. fig. 4. 
Black; head and neck highly iridescent; upper parts reflect¬ 
ing copper-green, under parts steel-blue ; tail wedge-shaped; 
bill black-, irides pale-yellow. Sixteen inches long. Inhabits 
the United States. 
Genus 7.—NUCIFRAGA.— Brisson. 
Generic Character. —Bill long and straight, tapering to a 
point; upper mandible rounded, and longer than the under one, 
point obtuse and flattened ; nostrils round, open, situated at the 
base of the bill, hid by hairs, which point forward; three toes 
before, and one behind; tarsus longer than the middle toe; 
wings pointed, fourth quill the longest. 
