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GARRULUS GLANDARIUS. 



(COMMON JAY.) 



Corvus glandarius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 156 (1766). 



Glandarius pictus, Koch, Syst. Baier. Zool. i. p. 99 (1816). 



Garrulus glandarius, Leach, Syst. Cat. Mamm. and B. Brit. Mus. p. 18 (1816). 



Lanius glandarius, Nilss. Orn. Suec. i. p. 75 (1817). 



Glandarius germanicus, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 180 (1831). 



Glandarius septentrionalis, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 180 (1831). 



Glandarius robustus, Brehm, Naumannia, 1855, p, 180 (1831). 



Glandarius tceniurus, Brehm, torn. cit. p. 273. 



Glandarius leucocephalus, Brehm, torn. cit. p. 273. 



Jay, Jay Pyet, English ; Screachag-Ckoille, Gaelic ; Geai ordinaire, French ; Eichelheher, 

 Nussheher, German ; Be Vlaamsche Gaai, Dutch ; Gaio, Portuguese ; Arrandajo, Cabezon, 

 Spanish ; Ghiandaja, Italian ; SJcovskade, Danish ; Noeddeskrige, Norwegian ; Notskrika, 

 Swedish ; Hohkanarhi, Paskandrhi, Finnish ; Soika, Russian. 



Figure notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Omnivores, pi. 8 ; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. ii. taf. 58. fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of Eur. 

 iii. pi. 214 ; Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 116 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. Afb. xii. fig. 3 ; Schl. Vog. Nederl. 

 pi. 143; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. tab. 27. fig. 10; Sundev. Sv. Fogl. pi. 19. fig. 1; Gould, B. 

 Gt. Br. pt. 1. 



Ad. supra pallide vinaceo-cinerascens, dorso postico vix in cinnamomeum vergente : uropygio et supracau- 

 dalibus pure albis : pileo cristato vinaceo-rufescente, fronte et regione anteoculari albis, plumis medialiter 

 nigro quasi lineatis et indistincte cinereo transvermiculatis : regione parotica et collo laterali vinaceo- 

 rufescentibus : genis omnino nigris, fasciam mystacalem magnam formantibus : tectricibus alarum 

 minimis sordide castaneis : majoribus extimis et primariorum tectricibus argenteo-cyaneis nigro et 

 minus conspicue albo transfasciatis, majoribus intimis velutino-nigris : primariis brunneis extus late 

 cineraceo-albo limbatis, secundariis nigris extus dimidio albis ad basin cyanescente et nigro transfas- 

 ciatis, remige intimo plerumque castaneo ad apicem velutino-nigro : cauda nigra, subtus pallidiore : 

 gutture fulvescenti-albido : corpore reliquo subtus pallide vinaceo-rufescente, hypochondriis et sub- 

 alaribus vix cinnamomeis : abdomine imo, crisso et subcaudalibus albis : rostro nigricanti-brunneo : 

 pedibus dilute rufescenti-brunneis : iride pallide argentescenti-cyanea. 



Adult Male (Hareskov, Zeeland, Denmark, September 13th) . Head covered with a thick full crest, whitish 

 in colour, each feather with an oblong central black mark, giving a striated appearance to the head ; 

 nape and back delicate light brownish vinous, on the back washed with grey, and paler towards the 

 rump, which latter, with the upper tail-coverts, is pure white ; tail black, the outer feather on each side 

 blackish brown ; primaries blackish, the outer web dull white ; secondaries rich velvety black, each with 



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