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CORVUS CARYOCATACTES. 
NUTCRACKER. 
Brown; dotted with white, wings and 
tail black; tail-feathers black at the tip, 
the middle ones as if worn. 
Corvus Caryocatactes, Lin. Gme. 
Le Casse-noix, Buffon. 
Nut-Cracker, Pen. Lath. Shaw. Mont. 
Bew. 
This bird is so very rare in this country, 
that only four instances of its being taken 
are recorded. One was shot near Mars- 
tyn in Flintshire, October 1753; a second 
in Kent, date not mentioned; a third in 
the north of Devonshire, August 1808; 
and another in Cornwall during the same 
year. It is said to measure thirteen 
inches in length. 
It appears to be more frequent in Ger- 
many, and has been seen in Sweden and 
Denmark. In the year 1754 according to 
Buffon, "great flights of them entered 
