THE BIRD-LIFE OF LONDON 
The adult Jay has the prevailing colour of its plumage 
vinous brown, palest below, except the lower back and 
upper tail-coverts, which are white; the bushy crest is 
greyish brown streaked with brownish black; the wings 
are black margined with white, and the secondaries have 
a white patch at the base, the innermost one chest- 
nut tipped with black; the wing-coverts are black on 
the inner web, barred on the outer web with black, 
white, and cobalt-blue in succession; the tail is black, 
faintly barred on the basal half with blue, the under 
tail-coverts white ; from the gape a broad stripe of black 
extends down each side of the throat, which is greyish 
white. Bill black; tarsi and toes brown; irides pale 
blue. Length 13 inches. ‘The sexes are alike in colour, 
and the nestling resembles its parents. 
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