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JAY. 



Description. T ARGER than our Jay. Bill red: fore part of the head, 

 the neck, and breaft, velvet black: hind part of the head 

 and neck of a light grey, mixing irregularly with the black on the 

 fore part of the head: the body is brown above, and whitifh be- 

 neath, with a light tinge of violet over all, which is moft confpi- 

 cuous on the wings, and leaft on the belly : the tail is cuneiform, 

 and the wings reach to about one-third of its length : each fea- 

 ther of the wings is of three colours, viz. light violet at the bafe, 

 black in the middle, and white at the end : the legs are red: the 

 claws whitifli, long, and hooked, with the point bkek. 

 Place. Inhabits China. 



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 CHINESE JAY. 



Description. 



UCH the make of a Jay, and about the fame fize. The bill 

 blueifh lead-colour: crown of the head brown: over each 

 «ye a line of white ; through the eye, and behind it, a ftreak of 

 black: on the ears is a patch, compofed of a mixture of blueifh 

 and white, and this is encircled with black all round, which 

 black, at the under part defcends downwards on each fide, form- 

 ing a crefcent on the throat, within which the chin is white : the 

 upper part of the neck and body are of a rufous bloflbm -colour : 

 fecond quills and tail brown ; the lafl long and cuneiform ; near 

 the end is a band of black, and each feather tipped with a dirty 

 white roundifh fpot : the legs lead-colour. 



This defcription I took from forne beautiful drawings of Chi- 

 mefe birds, in the poffeflion of the late Dr. Fothergill. 



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