Now I've never heard a jay use bad grammar but very seldom; and when they do, they are as ashamed as a human; they shut right down and leave.
"You may call a jay a bird.

Well, so he is, in a measure--but he's got feathers on him, and don't belong to no church, perhaps; but otherwise he is just as much human as you be.

And I'll tell you for why.

A jay's gifts, and instincts, and feelings, and interests, cover the whole ground.

A jay hasn't got any more principle than a Congressman.