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Genus NUCIPRAGA, Brisson. 



Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linn.). 



Ccrvus caryocatactes, Thien. Fortpjlanz. <jes. Vot/. pi. xli. fig^. 4, a-c 

 (1840-54). 



Nucifraga carvocatactes, Baedeker, J. f. O. 185(3, p. 32, pi. 1. fig. 1; 

 id., Eier Eur. Vorj. tab. 50. fig. 14, tab. 76. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; Tristram, 

 Ibis, 1860, p. 168 ; Netvion, Ibis, 1867, p. 162, pi. xv. fig. 2 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 53 (1877) [part.] ; Seebohm, Jlist. Brit. B. i. 

 p. 583, p]. 16. fig. 7 (188.3) ; id., Eggs Brit. Birds, p. 229, pi. 55. fig. 6 

 (1896); A'ewiov, Oofheca irol/eyana, \)t. n. p. 473 (1902); Dresser, 

 Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 409(1902) [part.]; Bey, Eier Viig. Mtttel- 

 evrop. i. p. 365 (1904), pi. 47. figs. 1-6 (I'.IOO) [part.]; Jourd. Eyys 

 Europ. Birds, i. p. 21, pi. 5. figs. 1-2 (1906) ; Dresser, Ec/ys Birds 

 Europ. pts. xi. & xii. p. 418, pi. 1. figs. 9-12 (1908) [pnrt.]'; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 603 (19u9); Kehrk. Kid. Eiersamml. p. 359 (1910). 



Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes, Hartert, Vog. pal. Eami. i. p. 25 

 (1903). 



Eggs of the Nutcracker are of a blunt oval form, often rather 

 pointed towards the smaller end, and slightly glossy. They are 

 pale greenish-white, and, as a rule, evenly marked all over the shell 

 with small spots and markings of umber-brown or yellowish-brown 

 and pale lilac-grey ; in some specimens, however, the markings are 

 more or less concentrated at the larger end. They vary in length 

 from 1-25 to l-4ci, and in breadth from "95 to 1*U2. 



1. Sweden (H. W. Wheelwright : 



Tristram Coll.). 

 3. Dauphin(5, France, 20th March. 

 3. Dauphint?, 19th JNFarcb. 

 1. Liauphine, 30th March. 

 1. Switzerland (Bidivell Coll.). 

 1. Styria, March. 



3. [Styria.] 



4. Sarajevo, Bosnia, 27th March 



(b. Jieiser). 

 4. Serajevo, 6th April (O. B.). 



4. Serajevo, 8th April (O. 7i'.). 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohni Coil. 



Seebolim Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Seebohra Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



W. Ii.adclitie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. Kadclitie Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus PICA, Brisson. 



Pica pica (Linn.). 



Corvus pica, Thien. Fortjyjlara. ges. Vog. tab. xl. ficr. 3, a-e (1845-54). 

 Pica caudata, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vbq. tab. 28. fig. 1 (1855-63); 



Seebolwi, Hist. Brit. B. i. p. 562, "pi. 16. fig. 12 (1883) [part.]; 



id.. Eggs Brit. Birds, p. 227, pi. 55. fig. 3 (1896). 

 Pica rustica, Newton, Ovtheca WoUegana, pt. ii. p. 496 (1902) ; Dresser, 



3Ian. Pal. Birds, i. p. 417 (1902) ; id., Eggs Birds Europ. pts. xi. & 



xii. p. 427, pi. 3. figs. 17-20 (1908). 

 Pica pica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 62 (1877) ; lieg, Eier Vog. 



