2. _Garrulus cervicalis._--The Algerian jay, is a very distinct species inhabiting a limited area in North Africa, and found in some places along with the common species. 3. _Garrulus krynicki._--The black-headed jay, is closely allied to the common species, but quite distinct, inhabiting a comparatively small area in South-eastern Europe, and Western Asia. 4. _Garrulus atricapillus._--The Syrian jay, is very closely allied to the last, and inhabits an adjoining area in Syria, Palestine, and Southern Persia. 5. _Garrulus hyrcanus._--The Persian jay, is a small species allied to our jay and only known from the Elburz Mountains in the north of Persia. 6. _Garrulus brandti._--Brandt's jay, is a very distinct species, having an extensive range across Asia from the Ural Mountains to North China, Mandchuria, and the northern island of Japan, and also crossing the Urals into {22} Russia where it has been found as far west as Kazan in districts where the common jay also occurs. 7. _Garrulus lanceolatus._--The black-throated jay, is a very distinct form known only from the North-western Himalayas and Nepal, common about Simla, and extending into Cashmere beyond the range of the next species. 8. _Garrulus bispecularis._--The Himalayan jay is also very distinct, having the head coloured like the back, and not striped as in all the western species. It inhabits the Himalayas east of Cashmere, but is more abundant in the western than the eastern division, though according to the Abbe David it reaches Moupin in East Thibet. 9. _Garrulus sinensis._--The Chinese jay, is very closely allied to the Himalayan, of which it is sometimes classed as a sub-species. It seems to be found in all the southern mountains of China, from Foochow on the east to Sze-chuen and East Thibet on the west, as it is recorded from Moupin by the Abbe David as well as the Himalayan bird--a tolerable proof that it is a distinct form. 10. _Garrulus taivanus._--The Formosan jay is a very close ally of the preceding, confined to the island of Formosa. 11. _Garrulus japonicus._--The Japanese jay is nearly allied to our common British species, being somewhat smaller and less brightly coloured, and with black orbits; yet these are the most widely separated species of the genus. According to Mr. Seebohm this species is equally allied to the Chinese and Siberian jays.