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BLUE JAY. 



Gorvus cristatus. C. cristatus cceruleus, suhtus suhrosaceiis , 



collari nigro, alis caudaque cuneata nigro decussatis. 

 Crested blue Jay, sub rosaceous beneath, with black collar, and 



both wings and cuneated tail barred with black. 

 Corvus cristatus. C. tectricibus alarum lineis transversis nigris, 



corpore cceruleo, collari nigro. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Blue Jay. Catesh. Carol. I. pi. 1 5. Edw. pi. 239. 

 Le Geai bleue de TAmerique Septentrionale. jBm^. ois, PI. 



Enl. 52g. 



A MOST elegant species f considerably smaller 

 than the English Jay, with the tail much longer 

 in proportion, and strongly cuneated: head con- 

 siderably crested, with loose silky plumes : bill 

 blacky legs brown: whole bird above fine blue, 

 with the wings and tail marked by numerous 

 black bars: neck encircled with a black collar: 

 under parts blossom-colour, with a slight cast of 

 blue: tail tipped with white. Native of North 

 America, where its manners are similar to those 

 of the European Jay. It is also said to be a great 

 destroyer of maiz or Indian corn, often assem- 

 bling in vast flocks in the fields in order to devour 

 it. 



