JAY. 



white, freckled all over with two shades of light brown. 

 They vary occasionally both in size and in degree of polish. 



Male; weight, about seven ounces; length, nearly one foot 

 two inches; bill, black; from its base a black streak extends 

 backwards about an inch; iris, light blue. Forehead and 

 crown, greyish and bluish white, some of the feathers longer 

 than the rest, streaked down the middle with black, and the 

 ends of those at the back of the head tinged with reddish 

 purple; these form a sort of crest, which the bird raises or 

 depresses at will; nape, cinnamon-colour; chin, greyish white; 

 breast, light reddish buff colour; back, cinnamon-colour. 



The wings, which extend to within two inches arid a half 

 of the end of the tail, have the first feather aboirt two inches 

 and a half long, the second about four inches and a half, 

 and one inch shorter than the third; the fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth nearly equal, and the longest in the wing ; the under 

 side is grey. Greater wing coverts, barred with black, white, 

 and brilliant blue alternately, across the outer webs, the inner 

 being nearly black; lesser wing coverts, chesnut. Primaries, 

 dusky black on the inner webs, the outside edges dull white ; 

 secondaries, black, with an elongated patch of white on the 

 basal half of the outer web of some of the feathers; some 

 of the tertiaries, black, indistinctly barred across with blue, 

 and black at the base of the outer web, the last ones of 

 a rich chesnut colour, especially on the webs. Tail, dull 

 black, indistinctly barred at the base, the outer feather on 

 each side lighter than the rest and approaching to brown, 

 underneath it is grey; upper tail coverts, white; under tail 

 covert.?, dull white; legs, toes, and claws, rather light reddish 

 brown. 



The female resembles the male. 



