Tas. XXXVIT.
GARRULUS STRIATUS.

Garr. pallidée brunneus, subtus pallidior ; corporis supra subtusque plumis in medio albo longitu-
dinalter striatis ; crista verticalt, remigtbus, rectricibusque unicoloribus.

Longitudo corporis, 12 unc.; rostri, 1%; tarsz, 14.

Tuts curious and interesting bird is at present provisionally placed in the genus Garrulus. Future researches,
however, will most probably bring to light other species assimilating to the present; and it may then be found
that the characters in Garrulus striatus which differ from those of its present congeners will warrant its being
removed from the group where it is now placed. The chief characters on which such a suggestion is
hazarded are, the beak more compressed and pointed than the blunt mandibles of the true Jays, and the total
want of those markings, and of the general tone of plumage, which are so conspicuous in that well-known
group of birds.

The head is crested and of a dull rufous brown; the cheeks, sides of the neck, and back, brown with an
olive tinge, each feather having a long narrow longitudinal mark of white; the quills and tail are of a dull
rufous colour; the under parts pale brownish grey, each feather being white along its centre ; the beak and
tarsi are blackish brown.

The bird is figured of the natural size.