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GENUS GARRULUS— BRISS, 



JAY. 



[Bill of moderate length, straight, tapering, strong, slightly notched — nostrils 

 covered with feathers ; head large— neck short— body stout — wings rather short 

 — tail Ijng, much rounded — tarsi compressed— feet and toes rather stout, outer 

 toe longer than the inner.] 



GARRULUS CRISTATUS— LINN. 



BLUE JAY. 



Blue Jay, Corvus cristatus, Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Garrulus cristatus, Blue Jay, Sw. & Rich. 

 Blue Jay, Corvus cristatus, Nutt. Man. 

 Blue Jay, Corvus cristatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Lores, a narrow band on the forehead and a 

 broad band on the neck black. Adult with the upper parts light 

 purplish-blue — the crest of the same color ; a band on the forehead, 

 lore, a line behind the eye, and a band around the neck, black ; 

 wings and tail ultramarine blue ; secondaries, their coverts, and 

 tail feathers barred with black and broadly tipped with white, ex- 

 cepting the middle pair, which are but slightly tipped with the same ; 

 cheeks and throat bluish-white ; fore neck and breast grayish-white ; 

 abdomen and lower tail coverts white ; tail long and rounded. 

 Length twelve inches, wing five and a quarter. 



On Long Island this handsome and well known bird is met with 

 throughout the year. In its habits it is rather solitary, seldom asso- 

 ciating in any considerable number except in spring, at which sea- 

 son it collects in large flocks and passes on northward, continuing 

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