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locally throughout the mountainous districts of the Palsear ctic 

 Region, except in the north. 



Genus NUCIFBAGA, Brisson, Orn. ii. p. 58 (1760). 



Nucifraga, from nux = a nut, scndfratiffo = I break. 



Nucifraga caryocatactes. Nutckackbe. 



Corvus Caryocatactes, Linnmus, S. N. i. p. 157 

 (176G). 

 Corvus caryocadactes, Naum. ii. p. 130. 

 Nucifraga caryocatactes, itfac^. i. p. 583; Gray, p. 85; Yarr, 

 ed. 2, ii. p. 125 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 130; Newton, ii.p. 330; 

 Gould, iii. pi. 65, 66 ; Hurting, p. 118 ; Dresser, iv. p. 451. 

 Nutcracker, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 122. 



Cdryocdtacfes = KapvoKaraKTriSj a Nutcracker in Atheuseus, 53 B ; from 

 K apuo v = a nut, and KaT-ayvvfii = I break in pieces. 



Has occurred in Yorkshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Sussex, 

 Hampshire, Devonshire, and Flintshire, perhaps only once 

 in Scotland, and never in Ireland. Breeds in the northern 

 and mountainous districts of Europe down to the Pyrenees ; 

 also occurs from Siberia to Japan. 



Genus GARRULUS, Brisson, Orn. ii. p. 46 (1760). 



Garrulus = a Jay, in late Latin ; from garrulus = chattering, from garrio 

 — I chatter. 



Garrulus glandarius. Jay. 



Corvus glandarius, Linnems, S, N. i. p. 156 (1766). 



Corvus glandarius, Naum. ii. p. 122. 



Garrulus glandarius, Macg. i. p. 576; Hewitson, p. 237 

 Gray, p. 84 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 119 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 124 

 Newton, ii. p. 323; Gould, iii. pi. 64; Hurting, p. 32 

 Dresser, iv. p. 481. 



Jay, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 116. 



Glandarius = of or feeding on acorns, glandes. 



Resident in wooded districts throughout England, becoming 



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