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79. Jay. 
DescripP. 
STAY. Crass If. 
ens; is a crafty, reftlefs, noify bird: Ovid therefore 
with great juftice ftyles it, 
wenennnnen- Nemorum convicia Pica. 
Ig “eafily tamed; may be taught to imitate the 
human voice: it builds its neft with great art, co- 
vering it entirely with thorns, except one fmall 
hole for admittance ; and lays fix or feven eggs, of 
a pale green color fpotted with brown. The mag- 
pie weighs near nine ounces: the length is eigh- 
teen inches; the breadth only twenty four. 
Le Jay. Belon av. 289. Allonfkrika, | Kornfkrika. 
Pica glandaria. Ge/ner av. 700. Faun. Suec. fp. go. 
Aldr. av. 1. 393. Skov-fkade. Br. 33. 
Olina, 35. Nuff-heher. Kram. 335. 
Wil. orn. 130. Eichen-Heher (Oak-Jay), or 
Raii fyn. av. 41. Holtz-Schreyer (Wood- 
Ghiandaia. Zinaz. 67. Cryer). Frifch, I. 55. 
Corvus glandarius. Lin. ff. Br. Zool. 77. plate D. 
156. Skoia, Schoga. Scopcli, No. 
Le Geay, Garrulus. Brifonav. 39. 
Il. 47.Hz/. d’ Oys. IIL. 107. 
HIS is one of the moft beautifull of the Bri- 
tife birds. The weight is between fix and 
feven ounces: the length thirteen inches; the 
breadth twenty and a half. 
The bill is ftrong, thick and black; about an 
inch and a quarter.long. The tongue black, thin, 
_ and cloven atthe tip: the irides white. The chin 
is white: at the angle of: the mouth are two 
large 
