A NUTCRACKER. 587 
f from the sparingly marked eggs of that bird by their never having the 
spots so rich and deep in colour. 
The general colour of both the upper and underparts of the Nutcracker 
is chocolate-brown, thickly spotted, except on the crown and nape, with 
white (these spots are largest on the breast and least developed on the 
rump) ; the under tail-coverts are pure white; the wings are black glossed 
with green, some of the secondaries being tipped with white; the tail is 
rich black, the two central feathers narrowly and the others broadly tipped 
with white ; the white on the tail-feathers varies conside rably in extent. 
Bill brownish black; legs, toes, and claws black; irides brown. The 
female is similar in colour to the male. Young birds resemble their 
parents ; but the brown parts are duskier, and the white parts are not so 
pure. 
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