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GARRULUS GLANDARIUS 



9. Garrulus glandarius glandarius (L.) THE CONTINENTAL 

 JAY. 



CORVUS GLANDARIUS Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 106 (1758 



Europe. Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus), Yarrell, n, p. 323 (part) ; Saunders, 



p. 235 (part). 



Garrulus g. glandarius, N. F. Ticehurst, Brit. B., iv, p. 213. 



DISTRIBUTION. Great Britain. Migrant. Jays arriving on east 

 coast England in autumn have fairly often been recorded (cf. 

 Saunders, p. 235 ; Birds Yorks., i, pp. 226-7 ; Hist. Birds Kent, 

 p. 196, etc.), but no specimens of immigrants had been examined 

 until recorded by Ticehurst, Kent, and Sussex, Oct., 1910 (Brit. B., 

 TV, p. 213). More records of ContinentalJays based on examination 

 of specimens are required. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Europe generally, but represented by 

 different forms in Spain, some Mediterranean islands, south-east 

 Russia, Turkey, north-west Africa, and parts of Asia. 



10. Garrulus glandarius rufitergum Hart. THE BRITISH 

 JAY. 



GARRULUS GLANDARIUS RUFITERGUM Hartert, Vog. pal. Fauna, i, p. 30 

 (1903 Type, Tring) ; id., Brit. B., i, p. 209. 



Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 323 (part) ; Saunders, 

 p. 235 (part). 



DISTRIBUTION. Confined to Great Britain. England, and Wales. 

 Resident. Generally distributed ; locally abundant. Not found 

 Isle of Man. Scotland. Resident. Very local. Decreased in 

 numbers but apparently extending northwards. Very rare north 

 of Great Glen and not found Sutherland, Caithness, north-west 

 Highlands, Hebrides, or Orkneys. Recorded Shetlands, but this 

 may have been the Continental form. Ireland. Replaced by 

 Garrulus glandarius hibernicus, but may occur casually. 



n. Garrulus glandarius hibernicus With. & Hart. THE 

 IRISH JAY. 



GARRULUS GLANDARIUS HIBERNICUS Witherby and Hartert, Brit. B., iv, 

 p. 234 (1911 Ireland. Type, co. Wexford). 



DISTRIBUTION. Confined to Ireland. Resident in parts of fol- 

 lowing counties : Waterford, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Wexford, 

 Carlow, Queen's, King's, Kildare, and irregularly in Cork, Galway, 

 Westmeath, Wicklow, Dublin, Meath, and Louth ; recently spread 

 into Fermanagh and Cavan. 



