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Immature Birds: Very similar, but their irides are brown 
and not pale blue as in adults. 
Distribution: Resident throughout most of Europe, ex- 
cept in the extreme north. 
Habitat : Wooded districts, gardens, &c. 
BLACK-HEADED JAY. 
Garrulus atricapillus St. Ailaire. 
Adult: Differs chiefly from G. glandarius in having the 
crown black, the forehead and chin almost white and the dack 
distinctly gveyish. Length 13 to 14°5 inches; culmen 1:2; 
wine 7 4-to.S : tail-4-3.; tarsus 1°75- 
Young: Somewhat duller than adults. 
Distribution: Resident in Eastern Turkey, Asia Minor, 
Syria and the Caucasus. 
Habitat: Similar to that of G. glandarius. 
Genus CYANOPICA. 
AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE. 
Cyanopica cooki Sf. 
Adult: Zop and sides of head and nape glossy black with pur- 
plish shade; back and rump brownish-grey, shaded on tail- 
coverts with bluish-grey ; primaries black, margined with blue 
near bases and with white towards their apices; secondaries and 
fai/-feathers rich 6/we, some of former marked with black on 
inner webs; chin white ; rest of under parts more or less deep 
brownish-grey ; bill, legs and feet black ; irides blackish-brown. 
Length 13°5 inches; culmen1; wing 5°25 ; tail 8; tarsus 1°35. 
Young: Similar to adult, but duller, having also many of 
their feathers margined with greyish. 
Distribution : Resident in Spain and Portugal. 
Habitat: Very similar to that of P. rustica. 
