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INSESJSORE8. 



CORVID^l. 



CORVIDJ2. 



THE NUTCRACKER. 



Nucifraga caryocatactes. 



Corvus caryocatactes, 



Caryocatactes nucifraga, 

 Nucifraga caryocatactes, 



The Nutcracker, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 298. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



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. 



Le Casse Noix, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. 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 forwards. Wings rather long ; the first quill- 



