298 NUTCRACKER. Class II. 



They migrate from Italy in September, but 

 , are not frequently seen there. 



[The Jack-daw is a very common bird at 

 Athens, where it inhabits the rocks of the Acro- 

 polis. Ed.] 



9. Nut- 

 cracker. 



Corvus caryocatactes. C. fuscus 

 albo punctatus, alis caudaque 

 nigris, rectricibus apice albis, 

 intermediis apice detritis. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 164. id. Syn. 

 i. 400. id. Sup. i. 82. 



Caryocatactes. Wil. orn. 132. 



Rail Syn. av. 42. 



Nucifraga, le Casse-noix. Bris- 

 son av. ii. 59. Tal. 5. 



Corvus Caryocatactes. Gm. Lin. 

 370. 



Hist, d'ois. iii. 122. PL Enl. 



50. 

 Notwecka, Notkraka. Faun. 



Suec. sp. 19. 

 Tannen-Heher (Pine-Jay) 



Frisck, i. 56. 

 Ediv. 240. 

 Danis Noddekrige. Norvegis 



Not-kraake. Brunnich, 34. 

 Br. Zool. 4to. App. 531. 



Arct. Zool. i. 294. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



J. HE specimen we took our description from, 

 is the only one we ever heard was shot in these 

 , kingdoms ; it was killed near Mostyn, Flintshire, 

 October 5, 1753. 



It was somewhat less than the jackdaw : the 

 bill strait, strong, and black : the color of the 

 whole head and neck, breast and body, was a 

 rusty brown ; the crown of the head and the 

 rump were plain ; the other parts marked with 

 triangular white spots ; the wings black ; the 

 coverts spotted in the same manner as the body ; 



