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CORVIDJE. 



Genus NUCIFKAGA, Brisson. 



Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linn.). 



Corvus caryocatactes, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. pi. xli. fig. 4, a-c 

 (1845-54). 



Nucifraga caryocatactes, Baedeker, J. f. O. 1856, p. 32, pi. 1 . fig. 1 ; 

 id., Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 50. fig. 14, tab. 76. fig. 4 (1855-63) ; Tristram, 

 Ibis, 1860, p. 168 ; Newton, Ibis, 1867, p. 162, pi. xv. fig. 2 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 53 (1877) [part.] ; Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. i. 

 p. 583, pi. 16. fig. 7 (1883) ; id., Eggs Brit. Birds, p. 229, pi. 55. fig. 6 

 (1896); Newton-, Ootheca WMeyana,^l.\\. p. 473 (1902); Dresser, 

 Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 409 (1902) [part.] ; Hey, Eier Vog. Mittel- 

 europ. i. p. 365 (1904), pi. 47. figs. 1-6 (1900) [part.] ; Jourd. Eygs 

 Europ. Birds, i. p. 21, pi. 5. figs. 1-2 (1906) ; Dresser, Eggs Birds 

 Europ. pts. xi. & xii. p. 418, pi. 1. figs. 9-12 (1908) [part.] ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. \. p. 603 (1909); Nehrk. Kut. Eiersamml. p. 359 (1910). 



Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes, Hartert. Vog. pal. Faun, i. p. 25 

 (1903). 



Eggs of the Nutcracker are of a blunt oval form, often rather 

 pointed towards the smaller end, and slightly glossy. They are 

 pale greenish- white, and, as a rule, evenly marked all over the shell 

 with small spots and markings of umber-brown or yellowish-brown 

 and pale lilac-grey ; in some specimens, however, the markings are 

 more or less concentrated at the larger end. They vary in length 

 from 1-25 to 1-43. and in breadth from -95 to 1'02. 



1. Sweden (H. W. Wheelwright: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.}. 



3. Dauphins', France, 20th March. Crowley Bequest. 



3. DauphinS, 19th March. Seebohm Coil. 



1. Dauphine, 30th March. Seebohm Coll. 



1. Switzerland (Bidwell Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Styria, March. Seebohm Coll. 



3. [Styria.] Seebohm Coll. 



4. Serajevo, Bosnia, 27th March "W. Radclifte Saunders, Esq. 



(O. Reiser). [P.]. 



4. Serajevo, 6th April (O. R.). W. Radclifle Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]- 

 4. Serajevo, 8th April (O. #.). W. Eadclitfe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus PICA, Brisson. 



Pica pica (Linn.). 



Corvus pica, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. xl. fig. 3, a-e (1845-54). 

 Pica caudata, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 28. fig. 1 (1855-63); 



Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B. i. p. 562, pi. 16. fig. 12 (1883) [part,]; 



id., Eggs Brit. Birds, p. 227, pi. 55. fig. 3 (1896). 

 Pica rustica, Newton, Ovtheca Wolleyana, pt. ii. p. 496 (1902) ; Dresser, 



Man. Pal. Birds, i. p. 417 (1902) ; id., Eggs Birds Europ. pts. xi. & 



xii. p. 427, pi. 3. figs. 17-20 (1908). 

 Pica pica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iii. p. 62 (1877) ; Rey : Eier Viig. 



