and " the pine forefts of Rullia and Siberia, and all over 
Kamtfchatka 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-pe(;ker. We are unacquainted with 
the eggs. 
