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web of the wing-quills is reddish-white, and the outer 

 brownish : the tail is the same, with a slight white 

 edge on the lateral feathers : the under parts of the 

 body are dull reddish-white ; and the flanks are 

 brown, but of a deeper hue than the rest of the 

 body. 



GENUS CLXXV.— NUCIFRAGA, Brisson. NUTCRACKER. 



Rostrum basi plumis setaceis 

 antrorsiim directis tectum, 

 Crassura, integrum, mar- 

 gin ibus excisis, sub-trun- 

 catis : mandibula supei'ior 

 inferior em longius. 



Beak clothed at the base with 

 setaceous feathers directed 

 forwards, thick, intire, the 

 edges cut out, slightly 

 truncate, the upper man- 

 dible longer than the lower. 



There is but one species of this genus, which in- 

 habits the old world, and subsists on fruits, insects, 

 and small birds. 



Sp. 1. Nu. caryocatactes. 



Corvus caryocatactes. Shaiv, v. vii, p. 353, pi. 43. — Britain 

 and Europe, 



STIRPS II.— CORVINA, Vigors. 



GENUS CLXXVI.— PICA, Brisson. MAGPIE. 



Rostrum basi plumis setaceis 

 antrorsum decumbentlbus 

 tectum, integrum, margi- 

 nibus excisis, rectum aut 

 arcuatum. 



Cauda longissima, cunei- 

 forma. 



Beak covered at the base 

 with setaceous feathers 

 tending forwards, intire, 

 with the edges cut out, 

 straight or arched. 



Tail very long, wedge- 

 shaped. 



