. Birds in literature . er visits any other country. Flagg. a Year With the Birds.^^ The jay is a relative of the crow, and has much of thecrows cleverness. ToBREY. Every Day Birds.^* The blue jay is both a mimic and a ventriloquist. Be-sides an inexhaustible stock of whistles and calls of hisown, he imitates the notes of other species, notably thoseof the . . hawks. The blue jay, I fear, is a reprobate, but .... thereis a dashing reckless air about him which makes us pardonhis faults and like him in spite of ourselves. Chapman. Handbook of Birds.*^ I am always glad to hear his hearty call thr
. Birds in literature . er visits any other country. Flagg. a Year With the Birds.^^ The jay is a relative of the crow, and has much of thecrows cleverness. ToBREY. Every Day Birds.^* The blue jay is both a mimic and a ventriloquist. Be-sides an inexhaustible stock of whistles and calls of hisown, he imitates the notes of other species, notably thoseof the . . hawks. The blue jay, I fear, is a reprobate, but .... thereis a dashing reckless air about him which makes us pardonhis faults and like him in spite of ourselves. Chapman. Handbook of Birds.*^ I am always glad to hear his hearty call through theautumn woods; and the occasional sweet flute-like notehe utters is one of the richest of our bird-notes,—a wholebird-concert squeezed into a single note that comes rolhngdown the narrow pathway through the woods. Abbott. Birds About Us.^^ At times I have heard this bird utter a few notes Ukethe tinkling of a bell, and which, if syllabled, might formsuch a word as dilly-lily. Flagg. A Year With the Birds.®80. Blue Jay His saucy crest seems to be kept in place by a bandof black velvet ribbon passing under the chin. Selected. The blue jay blows the trumpet of winter. Thoreau. Spring.^^ The noisy jay comes with its startling cry,Mid yellow leaves of maple takes its perch; A bit of blue in gold, as if the skyWere seen in patches through the faded birch. Selected. Clad in blue with snow-white and smooth in every feather,Plimied and crested like a dandy,Keen of vision, strong of in mimicry and every copse and in snow and cool in the blue jay still a villain?Outlawed by all bird tribunals,As a wretch disguised, hes branded,Shunned by every feathered creature;Yet he prospers, man admires him. BoLLES. Chbcoruas Tenants.^ 81 The Blue Jay 0 Blue Jay, up in the maple tree, Shaking your throat with such bursts of glee, How did you happen to be so blue?Did you steal a bit of the lake for your crest,And fasten blue
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