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These birds keep chiefly in immense 
forests of Pines, probably for the sake of 
the fruit of that tree, they are also partial 
to the kernels of nuts. 
They nestle like the Woodpeckers, in 
holes of trees, which they perforate, or at 
least enlarge those already made by the 
Woodpecker. This is not the only resem- 
blance they bear in their manners to that 
tribe of birds, for the middle feathers of 
the tail are much worn, which shews that 
they climb upon the trunks and branches 
of trees. 
We have referred to numerous authors 
for a description of the egg of the Nut- 
Cracker. Wood is the only author we 
know of who has noticed them. He says 
that "it lays five or six eggs of a yellowish 
colour/ With blackish spots." 
The same author says that "it may be 
brought up if taken young, but refuses all 
food, and dies, if confined after it has been 
used to its liberty. " 
It is not unfrequent on the mountains 
of Switzerland, and Latham mentions that 
