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BRITISH BIRDS, 
trees, and feeds on nuts, acorns, and the kernels of 
the pine apple. It is faid to pierce the bark of 
trees with its bill, like the Woodpecker. Our 
drawing was made from a Huffed fpecimen in the 
mufeum of George Allan, Efq. 
THE JAY. 
( Corvus Glandarius , Lin .— Le Geai> Buff.) 
This molt beautiful bird is not more than thir- 
teen inches in length : Its bill is black ; eyes white; 
the feathers on the forehead are white, flreaked 
with black, and form a tuft on its forehead, which 
it can eredt at pleafure ; the chin is white, and 
