CORVUS CARYOCACTATES 
NUTCRACKER. 
Generic Character. See Corvus Corax, 
Synonyms. 
Corvus c aryocactates. Lin. Syji. i. p» 157. 10. 
Ind, Orn. i» p. 164. 39. 
Nutcracker. Br, Zool. Appdx» tab, 1. Ar^. ZooL 2. 
p, 252. D, Lath, Sy72. 1. p. 400. 
38. lb. fupt. p, 82. Mont. Orn, 
Vol, 2. Bewick's Br. Birds ^ 
Pt. 1, p, m . 
T HIS rare fpecies is about thirteen inches in length, and 
weighs between eight and nine ounces. Bill two inches long, 
the bafe thickly befet with fharp pointed feathers interfperfed 
with briftles ; eyes light hazel ; legs very ftrong ; claws fhort, 
and much curved. 
But few inftances are on record of this bird having been 
found in England ; the fpecimen from which our figure was 
executed was ihot in Devonfhire, and prefented by Mr. Har- 
rison, of Parliament -Streety to Mr. BuLLOCK, proprietor 
of the London Mufeum. 
Thefe birds are found in abundance in many parts of Eu- 
rope, particularly Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Burgundy, 
and 
