PART IV. 

 JAYS. Garruli. 



CHAPTER I. 



EUROPEAN JAY. Garrulus glandarius. 



AMONG the whole imported tribe of 

 birds who are annually brought to our 

 shores, the European Jay stands con- 

 spicuous for his varied talents and the 

 neatness and indeed beauty of his plum- 

 age, of which some idea may be formed, 

 by those unacquainted with the bird, from 

 the following concise description. 



His bill is black, and his eyes white. 

 His head is crested; but not so much so 

 as our Jay, or our Cardinal-bird. The 

 feathers which compose this ornament are 

 white, striped with black; and the whole 

 may be erected or depressed at the plea- 



