NUTCRACKER, 
Cracker of Nuts, says that it is distinguished 
from the Jays and Magpies by the shape of it's 
bill ; which is stralghter, blunter, and composed 
of two unequal pieces.' It's instinct is also 
different; for it prefers the residence of high 
mountains, and it's disposition is not so much 
tindlured with cunning and suspicion. How- 
ever, it is closely related to these two species 
of birds; and most authors, not fettered by 
their systems, have ranged it with the Javs 
and Magpies, and even with the Jackdaws, 
which are well known to bear a great analogy 
to the Magpies. But, remarks BufFon, it is 
asserted, that it chatters more than any of 
these. 
Klein distinguishes two varieties of the Nut- 
cracker: the one, speckled like the Stare, has 
a strong angular bill, and a long forked tongue, 
as in all the Magpies; the other is of interior 
size, and it's bill — for he says nothing of the 
plumage — is slenderer, more round, and com- 
posed of two unequal mandibles, the upper 
being longest, and it's tongue, which is divided 
deeply, is very short, and almost lost in the 
throat. Both birds eat hazel-nuts ; but the 
former 
