and the pine forefts of Ruflia Siberia, and all over 

 Kanitfchatka 5" they are faid to feed principally on the feeds 

 of the pine, , 



The Nutcracker takes its name from the facility with 

 which it breaks nuts to get at the kernels ; this it does by firft 

 fixing the nut in a crevice in the bark of a tree, and fplitting 

 it by repeated ftrokes of its bill. It is faid to build in holes 

 of trees, which it adapts to this purpofe with its bill in the 

 manner of the wood-pecker. We are unacquainted with 

 the eggs. 



