NUTCRACKER. 



The beak is black ; the lore, or space between the beak 

 and the eye, dull white ; irides brown ; top of the head 

 umber brown without spots ; the sides of the head, the 

 scapulars, the whole of the back, the lesser wing-coverts, 

 and all the tinder surface of the body clove brown, each 

 feather terminating with an elongated triangular spot of 

 dull white ; the greater wing-coverts and the wings black- 

 ish brown, the ends of the feathers rather lighter in colour 

 than the other parts ; the rump uniform clove brown, with- 

 out spots ; upper tail-coverts blackish brown ; the two 

 middle of the twelve tail-feathers also blackish brown, 

 without any white ; the next tail-feather on each side has 

 a narrow white tip ; the white colour occupies more space 

 in each next feather towards the outside, increasing to a 

 space of three-quarters of an inch at the ends of those on 

 the outside ; the under tail-coverts and the under surface 

 of the tail-feathers greyish brown, the latter ending in dull 

 white ; tail in form nearly square at the end ; legs, toes, 

 and claws, black. 



The whole length of the specimen described thirteen 

 inches and three-quarters. The length of the wing from 

 the carpal joint to the end of the longest quill-feather seven 

 inches : the first quill-feather one inch and a half shorter 

 than the second, which second quill-feather is three-quarters 

 of an inch shorter than the third, the third equal in length 

 to the eighth ; the fourth, fifth, arid six feathers one quar- 

 ter of an inch longer than the third, all three nearly equal 

 in length, and the longest in the wing. M. Temminck 

 says the brown plumage of the female is tinged with red. 



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