PASSERIN/E. ^/y 



sounds. It builds in the woods of Europe, and lives in pairs or in 

 small flocks*. 



CARYOCATACTEsf, CuV. 



The Nutcrackers have the two mandibles straight, equally pointed, and 

 without any curve. There is only one species known. 



Corvus caryocatactes, L. ; Enl. 50 ; Naura. 58, 2 ; Vieill. Gal. 

 105. (The Common Nutcracker). Brown; the whole body spot- 

 ted with white. It builds in the hollows of trees, in dense mountain 

 forests, climbs trees and perforates their bark like the Woodpeckers, 

 feeds on all kinds of fruit, insects, and small birds. Flocks of them 

 sometimes descend into the plains, but at very irregular intervals. 

 It is celebrated for its confidence J. 



Temia§, Vaill. 



The tail and carriage of the Pies, with an elevated bill, whose upper 

 mandible is arched, the base furnished with velvet feathers, ailmost like 

 the Birds of Paradise. 



The most anciently known, Corvus varians, Lath. ; Vaill. Afr. 56 ; 

 Vieill. Gal. 106, is of a bronze green. It is found in Africa and in 

 India||. 



Glaucopis**, Forster, 

 The same bill and carriage, but there are two fleshy caruncles under 

 the base of the former. 



The species known, Glaucopis cinerea, Lath. Syn. I, pi. xiv, is 

 from New Holland, and is the size of a Pie ; blackish, with a cunei- 

 form tail. It feeds on insects and berries, and perches but seldom. 

 Its flesh is highly esteemed. 



* Add, Corvus crisiatu's, Enl. 529, VieilL Gal. 102; Corv. Stellcri, Vaill. Ois. de 

 Par. &c. I, AAi—Corv. sihiricus, Enl. 608;— C. canadensis, Enl. 530, and a variety, 

 Y\e\\\.i9,;—C.cristatellus, or C. cyanoleucos, P.Max; Col. 193 ;—C.ultramarinus,T. 

 Col. iZ9;—C.torquaius, T. Col. ii;—C.floridanus, Ch. Bonap. I, xiii, 1. 

 f Vieill. has changed this name into Nucifraga. 



X N.B. The Corvus hottentottus, 226, appears to us to be allied to the Tyrants; — 

 C. balicassius, 603, is a Drongo; — C. calvus, Enl. 521, a G ymnocephalus ; C. Novm 

 Guinea, Enl. 629, and C. papuensis, Enl. 639, belong to Graucalus, Cuv.;— C. specio- 

 sus of Sh. is the Rollier de la Chine, Enl. 620, and belongs to the Deniirostres. Tem. 

 makes a Pyroll of it, Col. Enl. iOl -.—CJlaviventris, Enl. 249, is a Tyrant;— C. mexi- 

 canus is probably a Cassicus or a Weaver, and C. argirophtalmus. Brown, 111. 10, is 

 certainly one;— C. rufipennis, Enl. 199, is a Thrush, the same as Turdus morio;—C. 

 cyanurus, Enl. 355, C. hrachyurus, Enl. 257 and 258, and C. grallarius, of Shaw, Enl. 

 702, are Ant-catchers; — C. carunculatus, Daud., a Pluledon. 



We have approximated C.pyrrhocorax, Enl. 531, to the Thrushes, and C. graculus, 

 Enl. 255, to Upupa. We are of opinion that C. eremita does not exist. The C. ca- 

 riboeus, Aldrov. 788, is a Bee-eater, the account of which has been stolen by Duter- 

 tre to describe an object of which he had no recollection: finally, C. gymnocephalus, 

 Tem. Col. 327, appears to us to belong to the family of the Dentirostres. 



§ Vieillot has changed this name into Crypsirina, Gal. 106; Horsfield into that 

 of Phrenotrix. Temrainck unites Temia with Glaucopis. 



II Add Glaucopis leucoptera, Tem. Col. 285;— Gl.tcmnura, Id. Col. 337. 



•* Bechstein siibstitutes the term Calloeas for that of Glaucopis. 



