Order II. PASSERES. 
Tribe IY. Oonirostres. 
Family II. Corvidae. 
Ihe second Subfamily, 
GARRULINiE, or ,Tays, 
bave the Bill moderate, strong, laterally compressed, and the culmen straight, but suddenly cur \ ed 
near the tip, which is emarginated ; the Nostrils generally concealed by projecting plumes ; the Y ings 
moderate and rounded; the Tail of various length, graduated or rounded; the Tarsi moderate and 
much scutellated ; and the Toes long and strongly scaled. 
Lophocitta.* 
Bill moderate, much compressed on the sides, with the culmen slightly arched and elevated at the 
base, and the tip curved and emarginated; the gape furnished with lengthened bristles; the nostiils 
hasal, lateral, sunk in a deep groove, with the opening oval. Wings moderate and rounded, with the 
fifth, sixth, and seventh quills nearly equal and longest. Tail moderate and rounded. Tat si 
moderate, longer than the middle toe, and strongly scaled. Toes short, strongly scutellated, the lateral 
ones equal, and the hind toe and claw longer than the middle toe ; the claws of all acute. 
The Indian Archipelago is the habitat of the species which constitutes the type of this division. Its habits and 
manners are at present unknown. 
L. galericulata (Cuv.) Le Vaill. Ois.de Par. t. 42. — Lanius scapulatus Licht. ; Lanius coronatus Raffl. ; \ anga cristata Giiff. 
An. Kingd. 1. pi. p.486. 
Garrulus Briss. f 
Bill strong, shorter than the head, compressed on the sides, with the culmen ncaily stiai ft ht, but 
suddenly curved near the tip, which is slightly emarginated ; the gonys equally convex with the end 
of the upper mandible, and ascending ; the lateral margins straight ; the nostrils basal, lateral, and 
hidden by the short bristly frontal plumes. Wings rounded, with the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills 
nearly equal and longest. Tail generally moderate, and nearly even at its end. Tarsi longer than the 
middle toe, and scutellated. Toes strong and much scutellated, with the outer toe longer than the 
inner ; the hind toe long and strong ; the claws stout and slightly curved. 
The Jays are peculiar to the Old World, and are usually found in pairs or small societies in forests or wherever 
trees are located together, preferring the closest and thickest parts, as they are very arboreal m their habits, hopping 
actively from branch to branch. It is on the trees that these birds find most of their food, which consists of various 
* The above name was given by me (1840) in the place of Platylophus (1837) of Mr. Swainson, as the latter had been previously employed, 
t Established by Brisson ( Ornithologie ) in 1760. It appears to embrace Podoce* of M. Fischer 
