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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
coverts and the outer greater wing-coverts barred with black and bine ; 
inner greater wing-coverts black ; primaries dark brown^ the first few 
edged with ashy white on the outer webs and the later ones sparingly 
barred with blue on the outer webs ; secondaries blacky the basal tw^o 
thirds of the outer webs boldly barred wirh blue ; tertiaries blacky the 
innermost one partly chestnut. 
The young bird does not differ in any particular from the adult. 
The legs and feet are whitish horny or flesh- colour ; bill blackish horny 
or dull black_, whitish at tip ; irides lighter or darker wood-brown. 
(Davison.) 
Length 12*8 inches^ tail 5_, wing6'8_, tarsus 1*7^ bill from gape 1*5. The 
female is rather smaller. 
This Jay is a very distinct species and cannot be confounded with any 
other. Garrulus sinensis occurs in South China_, extending westwards to 
Setchuen ; it has the crown of the head vinous^ not black as in the present 
species. 
The first specimen of this Jay that was probably ever procured by any 
naturalist was sent to me by Mr. Olive, Superintendent of Police, who shot it 
near Shwaygheen. Mr. Davison subsequently procured it at Kyouknyat, 
about 22 miles N.E. of Pahpoon, and at various points in Tenasserim 
ranging from Myawadee to the foot of Mooleyit mountain. Capt. Bingham 
got it between Kaukarit and Myawadee and on the Meplay Choung. Capt. 
Wardlaw Ramsay states that it is found close to Tonghoo and that it is 
generally distributed both in the hills and plains of the Tonghoo district. 
He also observed it in Karennee not far from the Salween river at 3500 
feet elevation. My own men shot it close to Tonghoo. To the west of 
the Sittang river it occurs on the hills near Prome, where Mr. Olive assures 
me he has seen it. 
Elsewhere it has only been observed in Cochin China by Dr. Tiraud. 
I have had no opportunities of observing this Jay in a state of nature. 
Mr. Davison remarks : — Usually I found it in small parties, occasionally 
in pairs or singly, going about the tops of the trees, one occasionally 
perching itself upon the very top of some tree in the self-sufficient way 
in which only a Jay can. The habits are quite those of other Jays, and 
they have the same harsh note. The stomachs of several that I opened 
contained only green grasshoppers. They, of course, like other Jays, 
frequently descend to the ground.'''' 
