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THE J A K 
At the time of the year when the corn is not 
ripe, the Jay will eat any kind of grub or slug, and 
then it is of use ; but as soon as the peas are ripe, 
it will eat peas, and peas only ! Five or six Jays 
will sit on the row of peas, and eat away at them 
till no more are left : they will now and then, it is 
true, take a bean or two, if any are near, but they 
do not like this as well as peas. When the peas 
are all gone, the Jays get to the corn, rye, and oats, 
and do much harm on a farm. They will rob a 
corn rick when it is very cold, for they stay with 
us all the year. 
The Jays have no song, but they have a loud 
call or cry, and they make this cry as they fly from 
tree to tree. They are very bold, as well as sly, 
and it is not easy to take them in a net or trap. 
