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CORVID^. 



GENUS CLXXVII.—GARRULUS, Brisson. JAY. 



Beak moderate, clothed at 

 the base with feathers di- 

 rected forwards, straight, 

 inclined towards the tip, 

 slightly notched, the^edges 

 cut out. 



Tail equal or rounded. 



Rostrum mediocre, basi plu- 

 mis antrorsum directis tec- 

 tum, rectum, versus api- 

 cem inclinatum, subemar- 

 ginatum, marginibus ex- 

 cisis. 



Cauda sequalis aut rotun- 

 data. 



Jays are of lively colours, and chiefly reside in tem- 

 perate regions : they feed on glandular fruits. 



Sp. l. Ga. glandarius. 



Corvus glandarius. Shaw, v, vii. p. S56.pl. 44. — Britain and 

 Europe. 



Sp. 2. Ga. cristatus. 



Corvus cristatus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 359. — North America. 

 Sp. 3. Ga. stelleri. 



Corvus stelleri. Shaw, v. vii. p. 365. — North America. 

 Sp. 4. Ga. Sibiricus. 



Corvus Sibiricus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 302 ? 

 Sp. 5. Ga. Canadensis. 



Corvus Canadensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 365. — Canada. 

 Sp. 6. Ga. auritus. 



Corvus auritus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 367.— China. 

 Sp. 7. Ga. galericulatus. Temminck? 

 Sp. 8. Ga. pileatus. 



Ga. pileo subcristato ; capite, Jronte, colli antice lateribusque 

 nigris; nucha, corpore supra, alts cauddque azureo-cceruleis ; 

 corpore subtus apiceque caudce maris Jlavis, foeminae albis. 



Jay with the pileus slightly crested ; the head, forehead, fronts 

 and sid€s of the neck black ; the nape, body above, wings and 

 tail azure-blue ; the body beneath and tip of the tail of the 

 male yellow, of the female white. 



