GARRULUS CORONATUS, Swainsm. 



Crowned Jay. 



PLATE LXIV. 



G. cristatus, coeruleus, fronte, superciliis gulaque albescentibus, secundariis uigro fas- 

 ciatis. 



Garrulus coronatus, Smainson, Phil. Mag. fy Ann. for June 1827., p. 437. 



Xhe merit of first describing this beautiful species is we believe, due to 

 Mr Swainsoist ; but we are not aware of any figure of it. Most of the spe- 

 cimens that have reached this country have been sent by Mr William 

 Bullock from the table land of Mexico ; ours was purchased at the sale 

 of that gentleman's curiosities, which took place in London about two or 

 three years since. 



The head is adorned with a very full and ample crest of a deep bluish- 

 black, having the feathers on the front tipped with a clear bluish-white ; 

 the cheeks and back part of the head are black, but a narrow white circle 

 surrounds the eyes, with a stripe on the upper part running backward up- 

 on the chest. The upper parts are of a deep bluish-purple, paler upon 

 the rump : the breast is of the same colour, but of a more dingy tinge ; 

 the chin is dusky white ; the belly and vent of a fine pale verditer-blue ; 

 the wings and tail are deep azure-blue, assuming an ultramarine shade in 

 different lights ; the greater and lesser wing-coverts are banded with black. 



The length of the bird is from ten to twelve inches ; the size and shape 

 is nearly that of the Blue Canadian Jay, the Corvus cristatus of Linnjeus. 



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