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Nucifraga caryocatactes. — The Nut- Cracker. 
Plate XXXIX. fig. 11. 
Rusty-brovvri, speckled with triangular spots; crown of the 
head and wings darker brown; tail terminated with white \ 
irides hazel; bill, feet, and claws, black. Thirteen inches long. 
Inhabits Europe. 
Genus 8.—PYRRHO COR AX.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character _Bill medium size, compressed, and slen¬ 
der, slightly bent, with a small notch, or smooth; nostrils ovate, 
lateral, placed at the base of the bill, and hidden; legs long, 
strong, and naked below the knee; toes almost entirely sepa¬ 
rated; tarsus longer than the middle toe; claws strong and 
bent; wings wedge-shaped, the fourth and fifth quills longest. 
Pyrrlwcorax graculus. — The Red-Legged Crow. 
Plate XLI. fig. 4. 
Deep iridescent-black; wings long; tail square; bill long, 
arched, and pointed, and of a bright scarlet; legs same colour; 
soles of feet black; irides brown. Sixteen inches long. Inha¬ 
bits Europe. 
Genus 9.—BA RITA.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character .—Bill long, strong, convex above, and 
notched towards the tip; with a nasal furrow; nostrils longitu¬ 
dinal, covered above, and half closed by a horny substance; 
legs strong; tarsus longer than the intermediate toe; the exter¬ 
nal one united to the first joint; the internal toe free; hallux 
very strong; wings of medium length; the fourth or sixth quills 
longest. 
Barita strepera. —The Black Barita. 
Plate XL. fig. 2. 
Black ; primaries white at the base ; lower coverts of the 
wings and tail white; tail elongated, round, the feathers white 
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