. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . t of a Raven, and the brightblue, graduated, fan-like tail, with 2 of the central feath-ers extended far beyond the rest, appears more like thetrain of some tropical Parrot, than a near relation to thecommon Crow. Length 31 inches. The crest formed of long and distinct feathers;region round the eyes, throat, and upper part of the breast, black ;3d and 4th primaries longest; the 1st very short. Tail very and legs brownish black. Inner webs of the quills dusky, andno stripes on any part. GARRULUS. (Bris
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . t of a Raven, and the brightblue, graduated, fan-like tail, with 2 of the central feath-ers extended far beyond the rest, appears more like thetrain of some tropical Parrot, than a near relation to thecommon Crow. Length 31 inches. The crest formed of long and distinct feathers;region round the eyes, throat, and upper part of the breast, black ;3d and 4th primaries longest; the 1st very short. Tail very and legs brownish black. Inner webs of the quills dusky, andno stripes on any part. GARRULUS. (Briss.) JAYS. With the bill rather short and straight; the upper man-dible somewhat inflected at tip ; the lower keeled. Feath-ers of the head capable of being erected at will. Thewings not extending to the tip of the tail. The colors »00 OMNIVOROUS BIRDS. usually brilliant, frequently with more or less of blue, orof the still brighter colors of the Roller (Corracias.) They are noisy and inquisitive ; like the Pies, progressby leaps, and with them, have a low and BLUE JAY. (Garrulus cristatus, Aid. pi 102. Corvus cristatus, Lint. Wilson, 11. pi. 1. fig. 1. Cyanocorax cristatus, Boie. Bontap. p. 27.) Spec. Charact. — Crested, and blue ; beneath whitish with a blackcollar; the wing-coverts transversely barred with black; the tailwedge-shaped. This elegant and common species is met with in the in-terior, from the remote north-western regions near Peace BLUE JAY. 239 river in the 54th to the 56th degree, Lake Winnipique inthe 49th degree; the eastern steppes of the Rocky Moun-tains, and southwestward to the banks of the Arkansa, alsoalong the Atlantic regions from the confines of Newfound-land to the peninsula of Florida, and the shores of theGulph of Mexico. The Blue Jay is a constant inhabitant both of the wood-ed wilderness and the vicinity of the settled farm, thoughmore familiar at the approach of winter and early inspring, than at any other season. The
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