The Jay. 
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THE JAY, (Garrulus glandarius,) 
Is less than the magpie, and resembles him more in the 
habits of his life than in the shape and colour of his body. 
Like him he is talkative, and read} 7 to imitate all sounds, 
but boasts of ornamental colours, which the magpie is 
deprived of. The ablest painter can produce no colour 
to equal the brightness of the chequered tablets of white, 
black, and blue, which adorn the sides of his wings. 
His head is covered with feathers, which are moveable 
at will, and the motion of which is expressive of the 
internal affections of the bird, whether he is stimulated 
by fear, anger, or desire. 
A Jay, kept by a person in the north of England, had 
learned at the approach of cattle to set a cur dog upon 
them, by whistling and calling him by his name. One 
winter, during a severe frost, the dog was by this means 
excited to attack a cow that was big with calf, when the 
poor thing fell on the ice, and was much hurt. The Jay 
was complained of as a nuisance, and its owner was 
obliged to destroy it. 
The hen lays five or six eggs, of a dull white colour, 
mottled with brown. 
