52 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



so, by the Peregrine Palcon, which is a great enemy 

 to Choughs. Montagu's description of the habits of 

 a tame bird has been too often quoted to require 

 repetition here. 



NUTCRACKER— iV«f//m//« caryocatactes (Liun). 

 A RAEE visitant. Montagu states that '^ in August, 

 1808, one of these birds was shot in the Nortli of 

 Devon, now in the collection of Mr. Comyns," (Orn. 

 Diet. 1802). Dr. Moore adds another to the list, 

 shot by Mr. Tucker of Dawlish, near Washford 

 Pyne Moor, in 1829, (Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837. p. 179). 

 There are other reports of Nutcrackers supposed to 

 have been seen in the county ; Graves figures a 

 Nutcracker, with this remark ; '^The specimen 

 from which our figure was executed, was shot in 

 Devonshire, and presented by Mr. Hamilton of 

 Parliament Street, to Mr. Bullock, proprietor of the 

 London Museum," (Brit. Orn. vol. 1), but no recent 

 occurrences are known to me. The Rev. G. C. 

 Green has kindly called my attention to a Nut- 

 cracker preserved in the possession of Mr. L. Sparrow 

 of Strode, near Ivybridge. Mr. Sparrow believes 

 the specimen to have been obtained by his father, 

 but is unable to furnish an exact date. 



JAY. — Garrulus glandarius (Linn). 

 A COMMON resident in our wooded districts. In the 

 Tavistock district, Mr. Mitchell generally finds the 

 nest in tall holly and thorn bushes, but he has 

 exceptionally known a Jay's nest built in tall furze. 



