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JAY. 



Corvus? glandarius. C. gilmiSj macula suloculari dis caudaqiic 



nigris, piaga alari alba, tedricibm coeruleo nigroque decussatis!^ 

 BufF-coloured Crow, with spot beneath the eyes, wings and tail 



black, a white patch on the wings, and the coverts barred 



with blue and black. 

 Corvus glandarius. C. tectricibus alarum cceruleis, lineis tratis- 



versis albis nigrisque, corporeferrugineo variegato^, lAn, Syst, 



Nat. 



l^Geai. BvJ. ois. PL Enl. 48}, 



The Jaj. Will, orn. Pern. Brit. Zool Lath. ^x. 



The Jav, which must be considered as the most . 

 elegant British bird of this genus, measures about 

 thirteen inches in length, and is of a moderately 

 stout or thick form: its general colour is a light 

 purplish buff, paler on the under parts; the wings 

 black, with a large white spot or patch in the 

 middle: the larger quills are edged with whitish 

 ash-colour, and the smaller are deep ferruginous 

 with black tips: the covert-feathers are of a most 

 brilliant glossy pale blue, crossed by numerous 

 bars of deep black, each accompanied by a narrow 

 white edge : the head is covered with small narrow 

 or lanceolate plumes, which can be slightly erected 

 at the pleasure of the bird into a kind of crest: 

 those on the forehead being whitish with a black 

 Streak along the shaft: on each side the head, 

 beneath the eye, is a large oval black spot or 

 patch, proceeding from the corners of the lower 

 mandible: the rump and vent are white; the bill 

 and tail black; the former notched on each side 



