JAY 
kind, having black wings, and the body being 
beautifully ftained with a golden tinge. 
JAYj the Corvus Glandarius of Linnsus. The 
Jay is one of the moft beautiful of the feathered 
tribes that is properly a native of Britain. The 
bill is ftrong, thick, black, and about a quarter of an 
inch long; and the tongue is black, thin, and cloven 
at the point. The forehead is white, ftreaked 
with black; the head is covered with very long 
feathers, which the bird can erecft at pleafure; the 
neck, bread, back, and belly, are of a faint purple 
colour, dafhed with grey; the covert-feathers of 
the wings are of the fame colour; the greater co- 
verts of the wings are mofb elegantly barred with 
a lively blue, black, and white; the tail is com- 
pofedof twelve feathers; and the feet are of a pale 
brov/n colour. 
The Jay lays five or fix eggs of a dull white 
colour mottled with a pale brown. IJke the mag- 
pie, it feeds on fruits; and in fummer is very in- 
jurious to gardens, being a great devourer of peafe 
and cherries. In autumn and winter it lives on 
acorns ; and, according to Dr. Kramer, will fome- 
times kill fnall birds. It's native note is very dif- 
agreeable; but being naturally extremely docile, it 
is eafily taught to imitate the human voice. It's 
length is about thirteen inches; the expanaon of 
it's v/ings is twenty-fix ; and it's weight is between 
fix and feven ounces. 
Jay, Blue; the Corvus Criftatus of Linnaeus. 
The ill ape of this bird is not unlike that of the 
common European Jay, except that the tail is 
ionger, and the feathers are of unequal lengths, 
thofe in the centre being the longeft. The bill is 
black; and the noHrils are covere 1 with fmall 
•white hairs, refle6l:cd forwards. The top of the 
head is adorned with long blue plumes, which the 
bird can either ere£b or deprefs ; the fides of the 
head, and part of the throat, are white, furrounded 
with a black line; and above each eye there is a 
■white fpot. The lower part of the neck behind, 
and the back, are of a blueilh purple colour; the 
upper fides of the wings and tail are a very fine 
blue; and the lower part of the back and rump are 
of the fame colour. The tail-fearhers, except the 
two centre ones, are tipped with white, and barred 
with three black lines; the reft of the quills next 
the back, and the firft row of the feathers above 
them, are tipped with white, and elegantly barred 
with black. The breaft is of a brownifti red co- 
lour, inclining to rofeaceous, which gradually be- 
comes v/hite towards the belly; and the legs, feet, 
and thighs, are adulky brown, and of the common 
form. 
This bird, which inhabits Carolina, has a more 
harmonious note than the F.uropean Jays; and the 
colours of the fem.ale are nearly the fame with thofe 
of the male, except that they are fomicwhat duller. 
Jav, Blue, East Indian; the Coracius In- 
dica of Linnseus. This bird is confiderably larger 
than the common Jay: the bill is black or dufky; 
the crown of the head is of a fine blueifli green co- 
lour; the fore-part and fides of the head, beneath 
the eyes, the throat, breafr, upper fide of the neck, 
and back, are of a reddifii brown hue, fomewhat 
lighter on the throat and breaft than behind; the 
rump and covert-feathers above the tail are of a 
fine blue colour; the miiddle feathers of the tail are 
green ; and the outfides are a beautiful blue at their 
.bottoms and tips, and green in the middle. The 
lefier coverts of the wings are of an ultramarine 
blue colour; the firft row of cover cs above the 
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quills is fea-green; the quills are fea-green at the'r 
bafes, ultramarine in the middle, and fea-green 
again towards tlieir ends ; but their extreme points 
are a fine dark blue. The belly, thighs, and co- 
verts beneath the tail, are a blueifli fea-green; and 
the legs and feet are of a yellowifii flefti-colour. 
Jay, Buff, of Maorass. This fpecies is 
about the fize of the common magpie. The up- 
per part of the tail is black, except the extreme 
points, which are yellov/; a black oblique ftripe 
furrounds the eyes; the wings are black, with yel- 
low points; and the other parts of the body are 
brownifli, intermixed with dufl<;y reddifh lines. 
Jay, Yellow, East Indian. This bird is 
nearly of the fame fize and colours v/ith the Buff 
Jay of Madrafs, except that the yellow is more 
faint. The breaft, as low as the vent, is marked 
with oblique winding lines; the back and throac 
are yellow; and the wings, with the fpace furround- 
ing the eyes, are black. 
Jay, Green, East Indian. This beautiful 
bird is chiefly green, and of a very deep tinge oa 
the back and tail. The tail is remarkable for hav- 
ing three points, blackifli at their tips, and the 
middlcmoft the longeft. 
IBEX. An animal of the goat kind, inhabit- 
ing the higheft Alps, the mountainous parts of 
Germany, and the Ifle of Crete. It is extremely 
fvvift; and it's chace is attended v/ith the greateft 
danger. The horns, which are large, knotted, 
and reclining backwards, are fometimes four cubits 
long; the head is fmall; and the legs are very 
flender: fo that this creature, though properly be- 
longing to the goat kind, would bear a ftrong re- 
femblance to the ftag, were not the male furniftsed 
with a very long black beard. The tame Ipecies 
of goat is fuppofed to have fprung from this 
ftock. 
IBIBIBOCA. An American ferpent, called 
by the Portuguefe Cobra de Coral. It is about 
two feet long, and two inches thick, but terminates 
towards tlie tail in a fharp point. The belly is 
white, bright, and glofiy; the head is covered with, 
white fcales of a cubic figure; and the body is va- 
riegated with black, v/hite, and red. This reptile 
is very flow in it's motions, but of the moft pci- 
lonous nature. 
IBIJARA. An American ferpent of the am-' 
phifboena kind, or thofe which are erroneoufly 
fuppofed to have tv/o heads. The head and tail 
are of the fame fliape, and of an equal thicknefs^ 
and it is faid that the creature can ftrike equally 
with either, and that both contain a poifonous 
fluid. The body is about a foot long, and as thick 
as a man's finger: it is white^ fhining, glofiy, 
and elegantly marked with rings and ftreaks of a 
brown or copper colour; and the eyes are fo very 
fmall, as to be fcarcely vifible. This reptile lives 
under ground, and feeds on ants and other fmall 
infefts: it is often thrown up in digging; and, if 
we may credit the Portuguefe, it's poifon is viru- 
lent beyond the reach of every human remedy. 
IBIJAU. A very beautiful Brazilian bird, of 
the caprimulgus or goatfucker kind, and about: 
the fize of the fwallow. The head is large, broad, 
and flat; the eyes are black and lively; the beak is 
fmall; the mouth is enormoufly large; the legs are 
very fliort; the tail is broad; and the colour is 
blackifli, fpotted and variegated with white and 
yellow. 
_ IBIRACOA. A Weft Indian ferpent, of a va- 
riegated colour mottled with black, white, and 
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