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0^3^lTH0L0gj. Book II. 



off the Indians dry, and ufe for an ornament of their Cheeks, gluing it on with 

 Wax. 



This fame Bird is defcribed by *JohndeLaet 9 out ofaPertugnes Author, and out 

 of the fame by * Marggrave. It is of the bignefs ( faith he ) of a Pie or Dove, hath a 

 Crop under the Breaft three or four inches broad, of a Saffron- colour, and com- 

 ti&M**? P affed about the borders with Vermilion feathers. The Breaft is yellow, the reft of 

 the body black. One would wonder how fo little a bird could carry fo great a Bill, 

 but it is exceeding light, and very tender. 



We have feen in feveral Cabinets the Bill of this Bird, and our felves have alfo one 

 of them. 



* Ammu dt- 



fcript.Ub.i$. 



cap.']. 



"- Hlft.rerum 



Its weight 

 and meafures 



Bill, 



Tongue, 

 Eyes, 

 Feathers, 

 Colour. 



Wing-fea- 

 thers. 



Its Tail 



Feet and 

 Toes. 



Eggs, 

 Guts. 



Gizzard. 



Its Food. 



How it differs 

 from Aldro- 

 vands Jay. 



It learns to 

 [peak. 



§. III. 



The Jay. Pica glandaria. 



IT weighed feven ounces. Its length from the point of the Bill to the end of the 

 Tail was fourteen inches 5 to the end of the Feet but twelve and an half : The 

 diftance between the extremities of the Wings lpread twenty one and an half. The 

 Bill black, ftrOng, from the tip to the Angles of the mouth about or near an inch and 

 half long : The Tongue black, thin, pellucid, and cloven at the tip : The hides of 

 the Eyes white. The feathers of the Head and Body in this bird are taller, flenderer, 

 and ftand more ftaring or erect, than ordinary. Near the lower Chap of the Bill are 

 two black fpots, on each fide one: The Chin and lower part of the Belly whitifh : 

 Elfe the Breaft and Belly are of a colour mixt of cinereous and red. The Rump above 

 is white : The Back red, with a certain mixture of blue : The feathers on the crown 

 of the Head variegated with black and white. 



The Sails of the Wings are in number twenty 1 Of which the firft is (horter by half 

 than the fecond : The fourth the longeft, being by meafure fix inches and a quarter. 

 As for their colours, the firft or outmoft is black, the bottom or lower part being 

 white, which is proper to it alone : The fix next-following have their exteriour Vanes 

 of an afti-colour 3 the three next likewife, but more obfeure and mingled with blue, 

 being alfo marked toward their bottoms with tranfverfe black and white ftrokes. 

 The five fucceeding have their exteriour Vanes half white, half black, viz,, the lower 

 half white, the upper black, but fo that each extremity of the white is terminated 

 with blue. The fixteenth in place of the white of the four precedent hath tranf- 

 verfe blue, black, and white fpots : The feventeenth is black, having one or two 

 blue fpots : The eighteenth is black, with fome little red : The nineteenth red, with 

 the tip black. The underfides of all the feathers of the Wing are of a dark or dusky 

 colour. The covert-feathers of the fifteen exteriour Sails are very beautiful, being 

 Variegated or chequered with black, white, andlovely fhining blue lines : The reft of 

 the covert-feathers being black. 



The Tail is fix inches and a quarter long, confiding of twelve feathers, wholly 

 black, except toward their roots: Under the Rump there is fomething of blue ming- 

 led with cinereous. 



The Feet and Toes are of a ferrugineous, dusky colour. * The middle Toe is the 

 longeft, the outmoft is equal to the back- toe. The lower internodinm of the outmoft 

 Toe is joyned to the middlemoft. The back Claw is greateft. 



The Eggs are cinereous, with darker fpots fcarce appearing. The Guts twenty 

 four inches long 5 the blind Guts but half an inch. It hath a Gall, and a long Spleen: 

 The Stomach or Gizzard not very flefhy, and having its Echinus : Wherein we found 

 Acorns, 8cc. Yet it feeds not only on Acorns, ( whence it got the name of Pica, glan- 

 daria ) but alfo upon Cherries ( of which it is very greedy ) Goofe-berries, Rajps, and 

 other fruit. 



It differs from that defcribed by Aldrovandus^ in that it hath no tranfverfe fpots in 

 the Tail. 



The Female differs little or nothing from the Male either in bignefs or colour, fo 

 that it is very difficult to know them afunder. 



1 1 learns to imitate mans voice, and fpeak articulately as well as a Jackdaw. 



fIV. 



