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relsome, they are nevertheless easily tamed when taken young, 

 and soon learn to pronounce a few words. They abound m 

 Europe and the Indies. The European Jay ( Garridus glandanus), 



FiR. 21S.-Em-ul)ean Jay (Gurruhis yhniiiiritn. Belon). 



Fig. 218, is a pretty bird of soft and blended plumage, the 

 feathers of the fore part of the head elongated, oblong, and 

 erectile : its general colour is a delicate brownish red tinged with 



rii^ I'lit. — The Nut-LTackor Orow [Xiiafroga, Eris^.) 



grey, approaching to purple on the back. The most conspicuous 

 trait of the plumage is the patch of ultramarine blue, banded with 

 blackish blue, on the primary coverts. 



