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GA R R ULUS BI SPECULARIS .
p o s tr ic ta li, G arr. p a llid e h adius, u ro p yg io crissoque a lb is ; m a c id d la ta cauda, p te rom a tib u s ,
r em ig ib u sq u e a t r i s ; h is d u a b u s cceruleo fa s c ia t i s .
L o n g itu d o corpo7'is, 12 u n c .
This beautiful species o f Jay. ivliicb e.\liibits all the typical characters of the genus, is e.\cliisiveiy confined, .so
far as our researches liavc hitherto extended, to the wooded line o f the Himalayan chain. Its liabits ind
manners are those o f its race, of which our well-known British J a , is a famiiiar cxam|,lc. One of the
greatest ornaments iu the truly beautiful plumage o f the Jays, is the barred speculam in the wing, where
alternate stripes of light blue and black produce a chaste yet riel, elfcct. In the present bird, this spccniura
IS double; but the rest o f the plumage is more uniform than in onr native bird, consisting o f a deep fawn
colour covering the crest, head and back, becoming a little lighter over the ivholc of tho'under surfa c e ; a
hlaek band stretches downwards from the base o f the beak, covering the cheeks and sides o f the neck ; on
each shoulder is a spccidiim o f alternate bars of blue and black; the greater coverts are je t black; the q’nills
■are black, slightly edged with g r e y ; and a second speculum occupies a considerable portion o f the secondaries,
barred with broader stripes o f blue and black, the blue passing off to ivhltc abruptly edged by the line of
b la ck; the upper tail-covcrts arc w h ite ; the tail and bill arc black ; the tarsi llesh colour.'
The Plate represents the bird of its natural size.