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CORVIDJE. 



GENUS CLXXVII.— GARRULUS, Brisson. JAY 



Rostrum mediocre, basi plu- 

 mis antrorsum directis tec- 

 tum, rectum, versus api- 

 cem inclinatum, subemar- 

 ginatum, marginibus ex- 

 cisis. 



Cauda aequalis aut rotun- 

 data. 



Beal: moderate, clothed at 

 the base vrv\h feathers di- 

 rected forwards, straight, 

 inchned towards the tip, 

 slightly notched, the edges 

 cut out. 



Tail equal or rounded. 



Jays are of lively colours, and chiefly reside in tem- 

 perate regions : they feed on glandular fruits. 



Sp, 1. Ga. glaudarius. 



Corvus glandarius. Shaw, v. rii. p. 356. p/. 44. — Britain and 

 Europe. 

 Sp. 2. Ga. cristatus. 



Corvus cristatus. Shaxv, v. vii. p. 359. — North America. 

 Sp. 3. Ga. stelleri. 



Corvus stelleri. S/iatv, r. vii. p. 365. — North America. 

 Sp. 4. Ga. Sibiricus. 



Corvus Sibiricus. S/unv, v. vii. p. 302 ? 

 Sp. 5. Ga. Canadensis. 



Corvus Canadensis. Shatv, v. vii. p. 365. — Canada. 

 Sp. 6. Ga. auritus. 



Corvus auritus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 367.— China. 

 Sp. 7. Ga. galericulatus. Temminck? 

 Sp. 8. Ga. pileatus, 

 Ga. pileo subcristato ; ccipite, Jronte, colli aniice lateribusque 



nigris; nucha, corpore supra, alls cauddque aziireo-ccsruleis : 



corpore subtus apiceque caudce marisjlains, foeminae alb?'s. 

 Jay with the pileus slightly crested ; the head, forehead, fronts 



and sides of the neck black ; the nape, body above, wings and 



tail azure-blue ; the body beneath and tip of the tail of the 



wal^ yellow, of the Jemale wliite. 



