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locally throughout the mountainous districts of the Pahearctic 

 Region, except in the north. * , ., 



Genus NUCIFRAGA, Brisson, Orn. ii. p. 58 (1760). 



Nucifraga, from nux = a nut, and frango = I break. 



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Nucifraga caryocatactes. NUTCRACKER. 



Corvus Caryocatactes, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 157 



(1766). 



Corvus caryocadactes, Naum. ii. p. 130. 

 Nucifraga caryocatactes, Macg. i. p. 583 ; Gray, p. 85 ; Yarr. 

 ed. 2, ii. p. 125 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 130; Newton, ii. p. 330 ; 

 Gould, iii. pi. 65, 66 ; Harting, p. 118 ; Dresser, iv. p. 451. 

 Nutcracker, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 122. 



Caryocatactes = KapvoKaraKTris, a Nutcracker in Athenaeus, 53 B ; from 

 Kapvov = a nut, and Kar-ayvvm = I break in pieces. 



Has occurred in Yorkshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Sussex, 

 Hampshire, Devonshire, and Flintshire, perhaps only once 

 in Scotland, and never in Ireland. Breeds in the northern 

 and mountainous districts of Europe down to the Pyrenees ; 

 also occurs from Siberia to Japan. 



Genus GARRULUS, Brisson, Orn. ii. p. 46 (1760). 



Garrulus = a Jay, in late Latin ; from garrulus = chattering, from garrio 

 I chatter. 



Garrulus glandarius. JAY. 



Corvus glandarius, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 156 (1766). 



Corvus glandarius, Naum. ii. p. 122. 



Garrulus glandarius, Macg. i. p. 576; Hewitson, p. 237; 



Gray, p. 84 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 119 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 124 ; 



Newton, ii. p. 323; Gould, iii. pi. 64; Harting, p. 32; 



Dresser, iv. p. 481. 

 Jay, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 116. 



Glandarius = of or feeding on acorns, glandes. 



Resident in wooded districts throughout England, becoming 



