THE JAY

Card
22/32
Set

HUDDERSFIELD EDUCATION COMMITTEE reward cards

Set Comment

images used in this set appear to have been taken from a very wide range of Tuck postcards. Because of the non-postcard backs they are also listed in TuckDBephemera reward cards, listed in 1930 POSTCARD Catalogue

Sold As

given singly FOR PUNCTUAL AND REGULAR ATTENDANCE

First Use

28/01/1904

Where Sold

Great Britain


Title

THE JAY

Item Comment

same image & card title AQUARETTE 9218 BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS & reward cards, postcard images for HUDDERSFIELD EDUCATION COMMITTEE crow family, back :- THE JAY, WHICH IS A BIRD OF HANDSOME PLUMAGE, BELONG-ING TO THE CROW FAMILY, IS GENERALLY TO BE MET WITH IN THE VICINITY OF OAK TREES, WHERE IT BUILDS ITS LARGE CUP-SHAPED NEST IN THE LOWER BRANCHES OF A TALL TREE, ALWAYS CHOOSING A SPOT THAT IS THICKLY WOODED. THE NATURAL CALL OF THIS BIRD IS HARSH AND DISCORDANT, BUT IT POSSESSES IN A WONDERFUL DEGREE THE POWER OF IMITATING THE CRIES OF OTHER BIRDS AND ANIMALS. THE JAY IS DESTRUCTIVE TO GAME AND SO IS OFTEN SHOT BY THE GAMEKEEPER. THE EGGS ARE FROM FOUR TO SEVEN IN NUMBER, AND OF A GREENISH-BLUE, SPECKLED WITH OLIVE.

Artist

Wealthy, R.J. (unsigned)

Orientation

Vertical

Estimated value

$10.00 USD

Tags

Birds