CROW. 8j 



Perfia, The bill and legs in thofe parts are found to be black in 

 young birds*. The eggs are larger than thofe of a Jackdazv, 

 of a cinereous white, marked with irregular dufky blotches f . 



Le petit Geay de la Chine, ^o«. ^«v. /?ji/. ii. p. 188. 4«. 



Le-v. Muf. WHITE-EARED 



•^ JAY. 



CIZE of the Blue Jay : length eleven inches. Bill black, an Description. 



inch long, fcarcely curved, end blunt, the ridge of the upper 

 mandible fharp-edged : irides rufous yellow: the feathers round 

 the bafe of the bill, the throat, and fore part of the neck, are 

 black : the top of the head blueifli afh-colour, the feathers long 

 enough to form n creft : between the black and afh-colour on the 

 forehead are a few white feathers: on the ears a large patch of 

 white: the colour of the body, wing coverts, and tail, brownifh 

 aOi-colour : the quills blackifli, edged with grey : tail four inches 

 long, a trifle rounded in fhape, and rather curves downward : 

 legslong, of apale brown: hind claw large, and much incurvated. 



Inhabits Ci5'/K^. Common at Canton. Seen in flocks in D^ij^'j Plack, 



IJland, IVampoo River, picking up food on the mud of the fhore. 



43' 

 PURPLE- 



"DILL lead-colour J noftrils covered with reflefted feathers: HEADED CR, 

 upper parts of the body pale rufous, beneath yellow, the head Description. 

 inclining to purple : quills and tail black; the lafl pretty long: 

 legs flefli-colour. 



Suppofed to inhabit China. I found this among the drawings Place, 



of the late Dr. FothergilL 



* Mr. Pennants f Portland Mufeum. 



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