a  -~ PLATE IL 
Le Geay, Garrulus. Brif Orn. ii. p. ay. Ny. 
Buf. ois. IIL, p.107. pl. 8.—Pl. enl. 481. 
Renel. 481. 
Holtz-fchreyer (Wood Cryer), Eichen-heher (Oak Jay), Nus- 
heher, Frifch. t. 55. 
Nus-heher, Kramer El. p. 335. 
Ghiandaia, Zinan. 67. 
Skoia, Schoga. Scopeli, Ne 39. 
Screch y Coed. (Antient Britifo.) Brit. Zool. 
The Jay, though very frequent in every part of the country, evi- 
dently ceferves, for the fingular beauty of its plumage, the firft place 
in a collection of interefting Britifh Birds: it is a fpecies, however, 
not merely confined to this kingdom; but generally diffufed over the 
greater part of the continent of Europe. 
_ Among the foreign birds which are referred to this genus, are fe- 
veral fpecies eminently diftinguifhed for their rich and elegant colour- 
ing; but the European Jay is certainly fuperior in this particular to 
many exotics of the fame family. 
Its habits are known, in a great degree, to refemble thofe of the 
Magpie, which alfo belongs to the fame genus. It will devour with 
avidity cherries, goofeberries, rafpberries, or other fruits; but in au- 
tumn and winter it feeds on acorns; whence it long fince derived 
the name Pica Glandaria. It is not deftitute of a carnivorous ap- 
petite, as it frequently combats, and devours, finall birds: it alfo feeds 
on worms and infects. 
Ablin, 
