GARRULUS 415 



placed in a high tree, is constructed of twigs interwoven with 

 roots, and lined with fine rootlets, and the eggs 4 to 5 in 

 number resemble those of the G. ylandarius. 



592. JAPANESE JAY. 

 GARRULUS JAPONICUS. 



Garrulus japonicus, Temm. and Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves. p. 83, 

 pi. 43 (1850) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 95. 



Kakesii, Japanese. 



ad. (Japan). Differs from G. glandarius in being considerably smaller, 

 in having the upper parts darker, the black on the face extending all 

 round the eye, and the crest is white, each feather having a broad black 

 central line. Culmen T25, wing 6'3, tail 5 '9, tarsus 1'5 inch. 



Hah. Japan, south of the straits of Tsugaru. 



In its general habits it does not differ from G. glandarius and 

 its nest and eggs resemble those of that species. It usually 

 builds on a pine or cryptomeria tree about 15 feet from the 

 ground, and deposits its eggs in May and June. Garrulus 

 bispecularis Vigors, which inhabits the Himalayas, probably 

 occurs in Tibet, and its near ally G. sinensis Swinhoe, which 

 inhabits China, is said to have occurred once in Japan. 



593. LIDTH'S JAY. 

 GARRULUS LIDTHI. 



Garrulus Udthi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 376 (1850) ; id. P.Z.S. 1850, p. 80, 

 Aves, pi. xvii ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iii. p. 102. 



Rufescent vinaceous ; entire head, neck, wings, and tail dark azure ; 

 forehead and lores blackish ; feathers of the throat lanceolate, the 

 barbules lax, the shafts white ; wing-coverts barred with black ; quills and 

 tail blackish towards the tip and tipped with white ; the blue of the head 

 and neck gradually merging into the rufescent vinous of the back and 

 abdomen ; bill white, high, much compressed ; tail longish, even. 

 Culmen 1'50, wing 7*0, tail 5 '50, tarsus T8 inch. (Bp). 



Hob. Japan. 



Nothing is known respecting this Jay beyond that two 

 specimens, said to have come from the interior of Japan, were 

 sent to Europe, but no one has met with it there since. 



