PART VI. 

 JAYS. Garruli. 



CHAPTER I. 



BLUE JAY. Garrulus cristatus. 



THE Blue Jay, so poetically entitled by 

 Audubon "The fop of the forest," is a well 

 known inhabitant, in a wild state, of the 

 extensive forests of the whole of North 

 America; and is frequently seen as a cage- 

 bird in our inland and larger cities. 



His colour is by far his best recommen- 

 dation; since his song, though in some 

 particulars sweet, is more noisy than har- 

 monious. In confinement, he becomes 

 almost entirely changed; and he, like his 

 close relatives in manners and habits, the 

 Jack-daw, Magpie, Crow and his proto- 



