WILSON’S 
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
BLUE JAY CORVUS CRISTATUS Plate I. Fig. 1. 
j linn. Syst. i. p. 157, 158 Garrulus canadensis ceeruleus, Bri$s. ii. p. 54, 2. t. 4. 
fig. 2. —Pica glandaria cristata, Klein, p. 61, 3 — Le geay bleu du Canada, Buff. 
iii. p. 120. PI. enl. 529. — Blue jay, Catesb. Car. i. 15. — Edw. 239 Arct. Zool. 
ii. No. 38. — Lath. Syn. i. p. 386. 20. — Bartram, p. 290. — Peale's Museum, 
No. 1290. 
GARR UL US CRISTATUS. — Vieillot. 
Garrulus cristatus, Vieill. Gal. dies Ois. pi. 102. — North. Zool. ii. p. 293. — 
Bonap. Synop. No. 63. — Pica cristata, Wagl. No. 8. 
This elegant bird, which, as far as I can learn* is peculiar to 
North America, is distinguished as a kind of beau among the 
feathered tenants of our woods, by the brilliancy of his dress ; 
and, like most other coxcombs, makes himself still more 
conspicuous by his loquacity, and the oddness of his tones 
and gestures. The jay measures eleven inches in length; 
the head is ornamented with a crest of light blue or purple 
feathers, which he can elevate or depress at pleasure; a 
narrow line of black runs along the frontlet, rising on each 
side higher than the eye, but not passing over it* as Catesby 
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