JAY. 



PASSE RES. 



323 



CORVI.DM. 



GABRULUS GLANDARIUS (Linnaeus*). 



THE JAY. 

 Garrulus glandarius. 



GARRULUS, Rrisswrf. Beak shorter than the head, hard, stout and compressed, 

 straight at the base, sharp at the edges, commissure straight. Nostrils basal, 

 hidden by stiff feathers directed forwards. Feathers of the crown long and 

 erectile. Wings moderate, rounded ; the first primary short and not attenuated, 

 the fourth, fifth and sixth, nearly equal, and one of them the longest in the wing. 

 Tail moderate and slightly rounded. Feet strong, tarsus longer than the middle 

 toe, to which the outer toe is united at its base ; claws stout, curved, and sharp. 



THE JAY is a handsome bird, still well known in most of 

 the wooded districts of England, though far less numerous 

 than formerly. More arboreal in its habits than the other 

 members of its family which constantly abide with us, it 



* Corvus glandarius, Linnreus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 156 (1766). 

 f Ornithologie, ii. p. 46 (1760). 



