Jay. OMNIVORI. CORVUS. 79 
ducing in different lights the richest iridiscent reflec- 
tions ; 1s very wedge-shaped, the feathers rapidly de- 
creasing in length to the outermost, which are scarcely 
half the length of the two central feathers, which are 
even. Legs and claws black. The female resembles the 
male bird, but is generally inferior in size. 
SECTION III. 
Having the Tail square at the end. 
Jay.—Corvus glandarius, Linn. 
+ PLATE 82. 
Corvus glandarius, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 156. 7.—Gmel. Syst 1. p. 378.—Lath. 
Ind. Ornith. 1. p. 157. 18.—Raii, Syn. p. 41. A. 2.— Will. p. 88. t. 19. 
Garrulus, Briss. 2. p. 49. 1. 
Le Geai, Buff: Ois. v. 3. p. 107. t. 8.—Id. Pl. Enl. 481.—Geai, Temm. Man. 
d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 114.—Le Vaill. Ois. de Parad, et Geais, Pl. 40. and 41. 
_ Pica glandaria, Klein. Av. p. 61. 21. 
Fichel Krahe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 2. p. 1243.—Frisch, Vig. t. 55. 
Jay, Br. Zool. 1. No. 79.—Arctic Zool. 2. p. 252. E.— Will. Ang. p. 130. 
t. 19.—Lewin’s Birds, t. 38.—Haye’s Br. Birds.—Lath. Syn. 1. p. 384. 19. 
—Id. Suppl. p. 79.—Mont. Ornith. Dict.—Zd. Suppl.— Pult. Cat. Dorset. 
p- 5.—Wale. Syn. 1. t. 37.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, 1.—Shaw’s Zool. v. 7. 
p: 356. 
Provincial, Jay-Pic. 
The Jay may certainly be ranked as one of the handsomest 
of our indigenous birds.—It is very common in many parts Locality. 
of England and Scotland, particularly in districts where trees 
are abundant, and is well known by its disagreeable cry.—Its Food. 
food consists of acorns, beech-mast, grain; and various pro- 
ducts of the garden, amongst which cherries and pease are 
particular favourites. It also devours insects and worms, and 
will often not only suck the eggs, but destroy the young of 
small birds.—Its nest is generally placed in the closest thick- Nest, &c. 
+ The Plate that should have been numbered thus, has been by mis, 
take numbered 36. 
