16 BLUE JAY. 



and erectile into a tuft. Wings short, first quill very short, fourth and 

 fifth longest. Tail much rounded or wedge-shaped at the extremity, ra- 

 ther long, of twelve rounded feathers. 



Bill and feet brownish-black. Iris brown. The general colour of the 

 upper parts is a beautiful bright purplish-blue ; the ends of the secondary 

 coverts, secondary quills and tail feathers white ; the larger wing-coverts, 

 secondary quills, and tail transversely barred with black. Feathers along 

 the base of upper mandible black, and a broad band of the same colour 

 from the occiput, passing behind the eye, down to the lower part of the 

 neck, forming a kind of curved collar. Sides of the head pale blue, throat 

 white. The lower parts are whitish, tinged on the breast and under the 

 wings with reddish-brown. 



Length 12 inches, extent of wings 14 ; bill | ; tarsus \j%, middle toe 

 nearly the same. 



Adult Female. * Plate CII. Fig. 3, 4. 



The female scarcely differs in appearance from the male, being mere- 

 ly somewhat smaller, with the blue of the upper parts less rich, and the 

 breast more ting-ed with brown. 



The Trumpet-flower. 



BiGNOKiA RADiCANS. Pursh. Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 420. 



The plant on which this Jay is represented, has been already noticed 

 at p. 254 of vol. i. 



