PICA. — GARRULDS. 



Pica rustica (Scop.) ; B. 0. IT. List, Isted. 1883, p. 68 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2ncl ed. 1899, p. 237. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Resident and generally 

 distributed, but in varying abundance owing to persecution. 

 In Scotland it is rare in the northern Highlands, and absent 

 from the Islands, except as an accidental visitor to the Orkney 

 and Shetland groups. It was introduced into Ireland in 1676. 



General Distribution. — Our Magpie is found throughout 

 the greater part o£ Europe from the extreme west to the 

 Urals and Persia, and south to the Pyrenees and Italy. It is 

 replaced by allied forms in Spain, north Africa, central and 

 eastern Asia, and parts of North America. 



Genus GARRULUS Brisson, Orn. ii. 1760, p. 46. 

 Type : G. giandarius (Linn.). 



Gan-ulus = a Jay, in late Latin ; garrnlus = chattering, from garrio 

 = I chatter. 



Garrulus giandarius. Continental Jay. 



Corvus giandarius Linnams, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 106 : 



Sweden. 



Garrulus glandariua (Linn.) ; Sharjie, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. 1877, 

 p. 93 (part.). 

 Olanddrius = feeding on mast or acorns, glandes. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — An Occasional Visitor, 

 occurring on the east coast of England in the autumn, as 

 an immigrant from the opposite shores of the Continent. 



General Distribution. — The Swedish and typical race of the 

 Jay is distributed over Europe generally from the Arctic 

 Circle in Scandinavia and 63° N. latitude in Russia, east- 

 wards to the Urals and south to the Mediterranean. The 

 races found in some of the Mediterranean Islands and in 

 the Spanish mountains have been distinguished. Allied 

 forms inhabit north-west Africa, south-east Europe, and 

 parts of Asia. 



