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PASSEEINES. 



relsome, tliey are nevertheless easily tamed when taken young, 

 and soon learn to pronounce a few words. They abound in 

 Europe and the Indies. The Em-opean Jay ( Garrulus glandarius), 



Fif;. 218.— European Jay {Garrulus ylandarius, Belon). 



Pig. 218, is a pretty bird of soft and blended plumage, the 

 feathers of the fore part of the head elongated, oblong, and- 

 erectile : its general colour is a delicate brownish red tinged with 



Fig. 219.— The Kut-cracker Crow (Nucifraga, Briss.). 



grey, approaching to purple on the back. The most conspicuous 

 trait of the plumage is the patch of ultramarine blue, banded with 

 blackish blue, on the primary coverts. 



