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The Nutcrackers (Cartocatactes.) Cuv. 



Have both mandibles equally pointed and straight. 

 Only one is known. 



The Nutcracker. (C. Caryocatactes. L.) Enl. 50. 

 Naiim. 58. 2. Vieil. Gal. 105. 



Brown, spotted with white all over the body. Builds 

 in the clefts of trees in elevated thick woods ; climbs 

 the trees and pierces the bark, like the woodpecker ; 

 eats all sorts of fruit, insects, and small bu'ds ; and 

 comes occasionally, but without regularity, in large 

 flocks into the open country. It is famous for its 

 confidence. 



The C. Hottentotius, Enl. 226., appears to me to be 

 allied to the Tyrants. C. Balicassius, Enl. 603., is a 

 Drongo. C. Calvus, Enl. 251, is a Gymnocephale. 

 C. Nova GuinecB, Enl. 629, and C. Papuensis, Enl. 

 630, are Choucaris. The C. Speciosus of Shaw is the 

 Chinese Roller, Enl. 620. C. Flaviventris, Enl. 249, 

 is a Tyrant. C. Mexicanus is probably a Cassique, 

 or a Weaver, and C. Argyrophtalmus, Brown. 111. 10, is 

 certainly so. C. Rujipennis, Enl. 199, is a blackbird, 

 the same as Turdus Morio. C. Cyanurus, Enl. 355, 

 C. Brachyiirus, Enl. 257 and 8, C. Grallarius, Enl. 

 702, of Shaw, are Pittae and Anteaters. C Caruncu- 

 latus, Daud. is a Philedon. 



I have approximated to the Blackbirds C Pyrrhocorcuv, 

 Enl. 531, and to the Upupae, the C Graculus, Enl. 

 155. I believe the C Eremita not to exist. The 

 C. CarihcBus, Aldrov. I. 788,is a Bee-eater, whose de- 

 scription has been used by Duterte to describe an object 

 he had nearly forgotten. C Gymnocephalus. T. Col. 

 327, appears to me to be of the Dentirostral family. 



