Sd dar oe a 
~ breaft, and ftomach, are ‘ath-coloured ; and all 
the reft of his body is black, glofled with blue. 
Sometimes the Jackdaw is kept tame in a see 
and att to ee 

ELANDARTUS 
| Tae DAY. 
Te Jay is a moft beautiful bird. Its 
wings are barred, or ftriped, with black 
and blue; the neck, back, :breaft, and ftomach, 
are of a ai purple colour, mixed with grey. 
_ The young follow their parents until fpring. 
i the fummmer they. eat peas and cherries 1 in the. 
_ garden; and in dutumn they live, upon acorns, 
and fometimes they kill fmall birds, 
Their natural note is very difagreeable ; ; but 
they are eafily taught to fpeak. 
The forehead of the Jay is white, with black 
ftreaks ; ; and his head is covered with long black © 
_ feathers, which he can raife when he ae and. 
then they form ae 
The Jay is a very filly, and paffionate bird ; 
and fometimes in his anger, entangles himfelf be- — 
tween two branches and fo dies, | 
FART 3.7’ C When 
