PL AUT Se 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 1. 400. 38. 
Suppl. 82. 
Ces Caffe noix, Brif. Ore, 2: p. $9. N° 1-pl. sz figt i: 
Buff. O1f..3. p: 122. .p). 7% 
—— Pl. Enl. 50. 
Nicifraga, Brif. Orn. 
Notwecka, Notkraka. Faun. Suec. /p. 19. 
Tannen-Heher (Pine Jay). Frifch. Tes 
Danis Noddekrige. Norvegis. Not-kraake, Brunnich, 34. 

Waldftarl, Steinheher, Aram. el. p. 334. 

The Nutcracker is fo extremely rare in this Country, that Mr. 
Pennant has added it to his Britith Zoology, in the third plate of 
the Appendix of Vol. II. And as we are indebted to his authority 
for afcertaining its being an Englifh {pecies, we have tran{cribed 
his account of it. 
«© The fpecimen we took our defcription from, is the only one 
we ever heard was thot in thefe kingdoms: it was killed near 
Moftyn, Flintlhire, Odtober §, 1753.” 
«© Tt was fomewhat lefs than the Jackdaw: the bill ftrait, ftrong, 
black : the colour of the whole head and neck, breaft and body, was 
a rufty brown: the other parts marked with triangular white fpots: 
the wings black: the coverts {potted in the fame manner as the 
body : the tail rounded at the end, black, tipt with white : the vent- 
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feathers white: the legs duiky 
Mr. Latham mentions a fecond inftance: he faw the mutilated’ 
{kin of one that was fhot in Kent. 
It 
