blue jay

“They are trying to teach the children something, and half the instructors don't know a blue jay from a king-fisher, a beech leaf from an elm, or a wasp from a hornet. ”

A Girl of the Limberlost

“The saloon was a drab and dreary place; he twinkled in it like a blue jay flashing through the treetops.”

Simon & Schuster: The Chisholms

“In such clumps and coverts are to be seen several kinds of birds, particularly a species of jay; they are generally of an azure blue colour, have no crest or tuft of feathers on the head, nor are they so large as the great crested blue jay of Virginia, but are equally clamorous (pica glandaria cerulea non crestata.)”

Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together with Observations on the Manners of the Indians.

“I afterwards heard a similar song sung by a wild blue jay to his mate while she was sitting, and so I knew that my dear little captive had given me his sweetest -- his love-song.”

Good Stories for Great Holidays

“ONE of the most interesting birds who ever lived in my Bird Room was a blue jay named Jakie.”

Good Stories for Great Holidays