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Fiance, particularly Burgundy, where 
there are a few Pines. They were so 
fatigued on their arrival, that they suffered 
themselves to be caught by the hand." 
We may remark, says the same author, 
" that, that year was exceedingly arid and 
hot, which must have dried up most of the 
springs, and have much affected those 
fruits on which the Nut-crackers usually 
feed. Besides as on their arrival they 
seemed to be famished, and were caught 
by all sorts of baits ; it is probable that they 
were constrained to abandon their retreats 
for want of subsistence. " In the same 
year (1754) flights so numerous of Nut- 
Crackers passed into Lorrain, that the 
woods an4 fields were filled with them. 
Their stay lasted the whole month of 
October, and hunger had so much en- 
feebled them, that they were knocked 
down with sticks. A flight of these birds 
appeared again in Lorrain in 1763, but in 
smaller numbers;" and Mr. Wood informs 
us that amazing flocks of them arrived in 
Holland in the year 1793. 
