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WILD LIFE IN CHINA. 



and amongst them was the redbilled magpie of which some 

 account has now been given. 



The true jays — genus Garruliis — are well known in China 

 though in my own experience uncommon in this neighbour- 

 hood. A brown variety, a great chatterer when alarmed, is 

 common enough, but I am not sure whether it is Garrulax 

 ■perspicillatus or some other variety. It is frequently known 

 amongst local sportsmen as the jay thrush, from its size and 

 the general brown of its covering, though there is no speckled 

 breast as in the true thrush. Of the common jay (G. glaiid- 

 arius) I have not seen any at all in this neighbourhood except 

 stuffed specimens in the Museum and elsewhere. 



