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22. AYENNE JAY.
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the tail is fix inches long, flightly wedged in fhape, the outer
feather being Ihorter than the middle one by an inch; the colour
of it deep blue; the fhafts of all the feathers black : the legs are
black.
This bird has been noticed before by Steller.
The fpecimen from which the above defcription is taken, came
from Nootka Sound*, where it was met with by our laft voyagers,
and is in the collection of Sir Jofepb Banks.
Corvtts Cayanus, L in . Syjt. i . p. 137, N° g ,
Le Geay de Cayenne, Br if. orn. ii. p. 52. N° 2. pi. 4. f. 1 .—17. ettl, 373.
Le Blanche-coifFe, ou le Geay de Cayenne, B u f. oif. iii, p. 118.
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T ENGTH' thirteen inches :■ fize of our Jay. Bill an inch and a
quarter long, and grey; the feathers, which furround it, the-
forehead, cheeks, throat, and lower part of the neck, are black t
part of thole on. the forehead fell forward on the bill, and the reft.
Hand upright, and are pretty ftiff: on each fide of the head; are
three white fpots; the firft above the eye, the next beneath it, and
the third at the bafe of the lower mandible: the back and" wings;
are violet,, with a tinge of afh-colour: the tail rounded, of a
violet-colour,' with brown edges and white tips, except the two-
middle ones, which are violet brown : legs and claws grey.
This inhabits Cayenne:.
• Perhaps not far different from one mentioned'by Cooke., met with in New Caledonia,
and described thus: a kind of Crow, not half, fo big; the feathers
tinged with blue,. Cooke’s. Voyy vol. ii. p. 124.
Corvus
Corvus Canadenfis, Lin . SyJ}. i. p. 138 N° 16.
Le Geay brun de Canada, Brifyorn. ii, p. 54. N° 3. pi. 4. f. 2 .* -B u f .
oif. iii; p. 117.—/V. ettl. 530.
Cinereous Crow,. Phil* Tran/, vol. Ixii. p. 386.—Artier. Zool. N°
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T ESS than our Jay: length nine inches r breadth eleven :
weight two ounces. The bill is blackifti, and not quite an
inch long: irides black: the forehead and throat are of a dirty
yellowilh white: hind head and fides blackifh brown: neck
whitilh: upper parts of the body brown, beneath pale aih, paleft
on the breaft: quills and' tail brown, tipped with white: tail a
little wedged: legs and claws blackifh.
Male and female alike.
Thefe inhabit Canada i are frequent near Hudjbn's Bay, where
they are called Whijkijohn and Whijkijack ; breed early in the
fpring, build in pine-trees, and have two, and rarely three,
young at a time» The eggs are blue. They are not gregarious.
Their food black mofs, worms, and flejh. Are very bold pilfering
birds, Healing from the traveller even fait meat, and devour
often: the bait from the traps fet for the Martins, as foon as the
perfons who let them turn their backs. Lay up ftores for winter,,
at which time they are feldom feen, unlefs near habitations.
They do not bear confinement well. What natural note they
have we are not told, but are faid to aft the mocking bird,, in,
imitating that of others.
CINEREOUS CROW.
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