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OMNIVOROUS BIRDS. 
and tail, bright azure. Front and line over the eyes bluish white. 
Back yellowish brown, with some blue on the rump • upper tail-cov- 
erts azure* Inner vanes and tips of the quills dusky. Below pale 
yellowish grey. From the cheeks and sides of the neck, the blue 
passes down along the breast, and forms a sort of collar. The wings 
scarcely extend beyond the coverts of the tail, which is partly wedge- 
shaped and about 5J inches long. The 1st primary as short as the 
secondaries, the 3d and 4th rather the longest. Feet and bill black. 
Iris hazel brown. — Female perfectly similar with the male, but a 
little less. — This species is nearly allied to the Mexican Garrulus 
ultramarinus of Bonaparte, 
CANADA JAY. 
(Corvus canadensis , Lin. Wilson, iii. p. 33. pi. 21. fig. l.j 
Sp, Charact. — Dark leaden grey; hind-head black ; forehead, col- 
lar, beneath, and tip of the tail brownish-white ; tail wedge- 
shaped. 
This species, with the intrusive habits and plain 
plumage of the Pie, is wholly confined to the high north- 
ern regions of America, being met with around Hudson’s 
bay, but becoming rare near the St. Lawrence, and in 
winter only straggling along the coast as far as Nova 
Scotia. Westward, occasionally driven by the severity 
of the weather and failure of food, they make their ap- 
pearance in small parties in the interior of Maine, and 
northern parts of Vermont; they also descend into the 
state of New York as far as the town of Hudson, and 
the banks of the Mohawk. It was likewise seen the 
12th of September by Major Long’s exploring party in 
latitude 49, in the northwestern interior. 
According to Mr. Hutchins, like the Pie, when near the 
habitations and tents of the inhabitants and natives, it is 
given to pilfering every thing within reach, and is some- 
times so bold as to venture into the tents, and snatch the 
