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The Jays. (Garrulus. Cuv.) 



Have the two mandibles but little elongated, and 

 terminated by a sudden, and nearly equal bend. 

 When their tail is cuneiform, it is not long, and the 

 feathers of the forehead, generally pliant and slender, 

 are more or less elevated when the bird is angry. 



The Jay of Europe. C. Glandularius. Lin. Enl. 

 481. Naum. 58. 1. 



Is a fine bird, of a vinous gray, with black mousta- 

 chios, and quills particularly remarkable for a large 

 spot of brilliant blue, striped with deeper blue, 

 which forms a portion of the wing-coverts. The 

 acorn constitutes its principal food. It is one of 

 those birds which evince the greatest disposition to 

 the imitation of all kinds of sounds. It nestles in 

 our woods, and lives in pairs, or in small flocks. 

 Add 



Blue Jay. Corvus Cristatus. Enl. 529- Viel. Gal. 102. 



Blue, above ; white, underneath ; black streaks on side 

 of face, and crescent on the breast. Eleven inches. 

 America. 



Steller's Crow. C. Stelleri. Vail. Ois. de Par., and 

 c. I. 44. 



Purple-greenish-black; blue on quill feathers; 15 

 inches. North America. 



Siberian Crow. C. Sibiricus. Enl. 608. 



Cinereous above; ferrugineous-orange beneath ; teu 

 inches. Siberia. 



