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car y° catactes , and a short-billed form, N. 
have nev„. , ’ 1 , e supposed differences between which we 
r Je <-‘n able to appreciate. 
'« tW.n!!!. Gl 'r at 1 Britain '— A n irregular visitor. Sometimes, as 
Ward immi 0f the Waxwin s and MW Sand Grouse, a west- 
many in« grat, ° n occasional ly takes place in Europe, but not 
been recorded 5 ° f ^ Capture of this bird in England have 
f ° r ests Se 0 f Ilt p lde the Britisl1 Islands.— An inhabitant of the conifer- 
though ; n c U [ 0p ® and Siberia, breeding very early in March, 
nest befnr A.l 3 ’ accordin & t0 Mr - Seebohm, it does not 
670 N. l at e th o middle of J une - H is found as high as 
1° Kamtoh !!’ Sweden, and its range extends across Siberia 
foi >nd breed tka ■ and J apan ' To the southward it has been 
and Franc f' ng ln the pine-forests of Transylvania, Switzerland 
0f the tun,, ’ a ” d 11 P ro bably nests in the Pyrenees and some 
Bav n tain-ranges of Northern Spain. 
Eur °PeatTr r ' Seebohra states that, like most of the other 
Will devour « rvtdce ' the Nutcracker is almost omnivorous, and 
Se eds f ron e Sp and nestlings of other birds. It also extracts 
lns ects. a 16 comf er-trees, and devours wasps and other 
® x Periences V ? ry , lnt eresting account of the same author’s 
History nf o - th , e blrds in Siberia is given by him in his 
Best.4 r irdS ” (V ° L P S84) ’ 
larch and snnf^ 1 bulky and ra SS ed > composed of twigs of 
Eg gs , P Uce hrs, and lined with dry grasses. 
v b ;te, w lth h - t0 five . in number, the ground-colour nearly 
* ut le l ar numerous tiny spots of pale brown, sometimes a 
am -> 4s-r -o S thC krger 6nd - Axis ’ 1 -4-i -55 inch ; 
the magpies, genus pica. 
Pica ’ Bns s-, Orn., ii., p. 3S (i 7 66). 
Five sp e ■ P yP e > P- P‘ ca (Linn.). 
British Magpl! are known, one being our common 
./td Asia and \ wbl ? b , 1S found over the greater part of Europe 
the VV hite-wt±° ^ lhablt& ; D North Am eHca. In Central Ask 
, Alagpie (P . leucoptera) takes its place, and 
