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CORVID.E. 



INSESSORES. 



CORVIDjE. 



THE NUTCRACKER. 



Corvus 



raryocatactes, The Nutcracker, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. 

 Mont. Ornitli. Diet. 



p. 298. 



Caryocatactes wicifraga, 

 NuciJ'raga caryocatactes. 



,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 103. 



„ Flem. Brit. An. p. 88. 



Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 368. 

 ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 149. 



,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 



Le Casse Noii, Temm. Man. d'Ornitli. vol. i. p. 117. 



NuciFRAGA. Generic Characters. — Beak about as long as the head, straight, 

 conical ; the base dilated and dividing the frontal feathers ; both mandibles 

 terminating in an obtuse point. Nostrils basal, round, open, concealed by 

 hairs directed forward. Wings rather long ; the first quill-feather tiie shortest, 



