EAST-INDIAN BLUE JAY. 
Though we have preserved the name 
given by Edwards to this bird, which he ori- 
ginally figured; it must nevertheless be ac- 
knowledged, that systematic writers have 
placed it among the Rollers, and not among 
the Jays. 
In the Linnsean List of Edwards's Birds, 
it is denominated Coracias Indica : and subse- 
quent naturalists have noticed it under that 
name. Buffon has entirely neglected to men- 
tion it. 
The Blue Jay from the East Indies is full as 
large as our European Jay; and, certainly, 
has much similarity of appearance, though it is 
greatly superior in the beauty of it's plumage. 
Edwards says, that " the wing, when closed, 
measured seven inches*'* 
The account which he gives of this bird is 
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