NUTCRACKER. 



INSESSOKES. 



125 

 CORVIDJE 



THE NUTCRACKER. 



Nucifraga caryocatactes. 



Curmis caryocatactes, Tlie Nutcracker, 



( Caryocatactes nucifraga, 

 Nucifraga caryocatactes, 



Le Casse Noix, 



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, pt. ix. 

 TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i p. 117. 



NUCIFRAGA. Generic Cliaracters. Beak about as long as the head, straight, 

 conical ; the base dilated and dividing the frontal feathers ; both mandibles termi- 

 nating in an obtuse point. Nostrils basal, round, open, concealed by hairs di- 

 rected forwards. Wings rather long; the first quill-feather the shortest, the 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth, nearly equal, and the longest in the wing. Tail nearly 





