A V E S. Ordo IV. Genus XVIL 171 



cum ungue 11 lineas : laterales paulo funt breviores; 

 & pofticus anticorum medium longicudine fere adae- 

 quac. Estremitates alarum unius pedis & 6 polli- 

 cum intervallo diflant; alae complicatai ad mediam 

 circiter caudam protenduntur. In utroque capitis 

 latere exigua infuper adefl: macula nigra , narem 

 inter & oculum lita: quas maculas inter fe conneG- 

 tit lineola concolor, mandibu]?€ fuperioris bafin am- 

 biens. Roftrum , pedes , unguesque ^jrireo-fufci. 



Fmiina a mare difcrepac coloribus non ita fplen- 

 dentibus, Habitat in Carolina & Canaaa, 



XV 11. Genus Nucifragce, 



Hujus chara6ler efl: 



Digiti quatuor , membranis defl:ituti ; tres f<^ilicet 



antici , pofliicus unus ; omnes circiter usque ad 



exortum difcreti: 

 Crura ad calcaneum usque plumofa: 

 Rofl:rum conico--elongatum , re^lum : 

 Mandibula fuperior inferiore longior & obtufa: 

 Plum3g bafls rofl:ri antrorfumincumbeotes, naresque 



|:egentes. 



t *-* I. N u C I F R A G A. ' 



Nucifraga fufca , maculis albis varia ; remigibus , 

 & 12 re6lricibus, nigricantibus, apice albis..., 

 Le Casse— noix. 



Nucifraga. Scbwenck. Rzac, Caryocatades. Gefn. Linn, 

 Charlet, Willugb. R.aj. Merula faxatilis, five Caryo- 

 cacades OrDichologi. Jldrov. Jonji. Pica Nucifra- 

 ga. Klein. Pica Abiefum nigra puoftata , five guc- 

 tata. Frfch, bujus icon accurata. Graculi Alpini, 

 feu montani genus Tuvneri. Scbwenck. Cafle-Noix:. 

 Edwards i avec une figure exaEte, Gsrmanice^ Nusz- 

 Bregher. Anglice y Nut-Breaker. 



Ad Picce craffitiem accedit. Ipfius longitudo 12 

 pollices & 10 lineas aequat. Mandibula fuperior 2 

 pollices & lineam unam longa efl: , inferior vero u- 



num 



