M NEAR THE TWIN VOLCANOS m: 



LONG-TAILED BLUE JAY 



Jays, measuring over two feet from head to tail, — the 

 grandest of all their race, — burst down the canyon ; 

 twenty or thirty brilliant blue and white forms, grace- 

 ful in every motion, with tall, recurved, fan-like crests, 

 and tails so long and plume-like that the feathers un- 

 dulate behind them as they fly. In cry and action they 

 are thoroughly jay-like, and in curiosity they equal 



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