. Illustrations of ornithology . •vA\\tov. Off c //////.j C/9 /r//a///,j, GARRULUS CORONATUS, Swainsm. Crowned Jay. PLATE LXIV. G. cristatus, coeruleus, fronte, superciliis gulaque albescentibus, secundariis uigro fas-ciatis. Garrulus coronatus, Smainson, Phil. Mag. fy Ann. for June 1827., p. 437. Xhe merit of first describing this beautiful species is we believe, due toMr Swainsoist ; but we are not aware of any figure of it. Most of the spe-cimens that have reached this country have been sent by Mr WilliamBullock from the table land of Mexico; ours was purchased at the saleof that gentlemans

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. Illustrations of ornithology . •vA\\tov. Off c //////.j C/9 /r//a///,j, GARRULUS CORONATUS, Swainsm. Crowned Jay. PLATE LXIV. G. cristatus, coeruleus, fronte, superciliis gulaque albescentibus, secundariis uigro fas-ciatis. Garrulus coronatus, Smainson, Phil. Mag. fy Ann. for June 1827., p. 437. Xhe merit of first describing this beautiful species is we believe, due toMr Swainsoist ; but we are not aware of any figure of it. Most of the spe-cimens that have reached this country have been sent by Mr WilliamBullock from the table land of Mexico; ours was purchased at the saleof that gentlemans curiosities, which took place in London about two orthree years since. The head is adorned with a very full and ample crest of a deep bluish-black, having the feathers on the front tipped with a clear bluish-white ;the cheeks and back part of the head are black, but a narrow white circlesurrounds the eyes, with a stripe on the upper part running backward up-on the chest. The upper parts are of a deep bluish-purple, paler uponthe rump :

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