202 BIRDS. OMNIVOR*. 



cat, the cry of a kite or buzzard, the hooting of an owl, the neighing of a horse, 

 &c. These imitations, Col. Montagu observes, are so exact, even in the wild state, 

 that he has been often deceived by them. 



C. wfaustus, Lath. Head blackish ; feathers around the nostrils 

 and base of the bill white ; upper part of the body gray ash-co- 

 loured, lower parts reddish gray ; wing-coverts and internal part 

 of the wings, rump, abdomen, and lateral feathers of the tail red ; 

 two middle feathers of the tail cinereous ; bill black ; feet brown. 

 Eleven inches long. Inhabits Europe. Tern. Man. 115. 



C. cristatus, Lath. ( Garrulus, Cuv.) Blue Jay of Catesby. Crest- 

 ed blue above, sub-rosaceous beneath ; collar, back, wings, and 

 cuneated tail barred with black. About eleven inches long. In- 

 habits North America. Calesby, i. t. 15. 



C. Stelleri, Lath. Plumage purplish black ; abdomen bluish ; wings 

 blue in the middle, banded with black ; tail blue, cuneated. Fif- 

 teen inches long. Inhabits N. America Lath. Ind. 158. 



C. Canadensis, Lin. Plumage brown above, pale cinereous below ; 

 forehead and throat yellowish ; tail tipped with white. Nine 

 inches long. Inhabits N. America. Lath. Ind. 160. 



C. pileatus, Illiger. Slightly crested ; head, front, and sides of the 

 neck black; body above, wings and tail azure blue; beneath and tip 

 of the tail white or yellowish. Thirteen inches long. Inhabits 

 South America Tern. PI. Col. 58. 



Gen. 5. NUCIFRAGA, Briss. 



Bill, long, straight, narrowed at the point ; upper mandible 

 rounded, longer than the under, both terminated in an ob- 

 tuse and depressed point ; nostrils basal, round, open, con- 

 cealed by hairs directed forward; three toes before and one be- 

 hind; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; wings acuminated ; 

 fourth quill-feather the longest. 



N. caryocatactes, Briss. (C. caryocatactes, Lin.) Nut-cracker. Plu- 

 mage rusty brown, with triangular white spots ; top of the head 

 and wings blackish ; tail fuscous, terminated with white ; iris 

 hazel-coloured ; bill, feet, and claws black. Length thirteen in- 

 ches. Inhabits Europe. Shaw, vii. pi. 43. 



This species, the only one of the genus, inhabits many parts of Europe, and is 

 found even in Siberia and Kamtschatka, but is very rare in this island. Though 

 not statedly birds of passage, they sometimes fly from the mountains to the plains ; 

 and flocks of them are frequently seen to accompany other birds into different parts 

 of Germany, especially where there are pine forests. They feed on hazel-nuts, acorns, 

 pine-seeds, &c. 



Gen. 6. PYHRHOCORAX, Cuv. Corvus, Lin. 

 Bill of medium size, slender, compressed, bent, slightly notched 

 or smooth ; nostrils basal, lateral, ovoid, entirely concealed ; 

 legs strong ; tarsus longer than the middle toe ; toes almost 

 wholly separated; claws strong and bent ; wings cuneated, the 

 fourth and fifth feathers longest. 



