. A history of British birds . 330 PA USE RES. CORVIDvE. NUCIFRAGA CAEYOCATACTES (LinilEeUS*). THE NUTCRACKER. Nucifraga caryocatactes. NuciFRAGA, Brisson\.—Beak about as long as the head, hard, stout andstraight, dilated at the base ; both mandibles terminating obtusely, the maxillaprolonged and slightly depressed at the tip. Nostrils basal, round, hidden bystiff feathers directed forwards. Feathers of the crown short. Wings moderateand rather pointed ; the first primai-y the shortest, the fourth, fifth and sixthnearly equal, but the fifth longest. Tail moderate and nearly square.

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. A history of British birds . 330 PA USE RES. CORVIDvE. NUCIFRAGA CAEYOCATACTES (LinilEeUS*). THE NUTCRACKER. Nucifraga caryocatactes. NuciFRAGA, Brisson\.—Beak about as long as the head, hard, stout andstraight, dilated at the base ; both mandibles terminating obtusely, the maxillaprolonged and slightly depressed at the tip. Nostrils basal, round, hidden bystiff feathers directed forwards. Feathers of the crown short. Wings moderateand rather pointed ; the first primai-y the shortest, the fourth, fifth and sixthnearly equal, but the fifth longest. Tail moderate and nearly square. Feetstout; tarsus longer than the middle toe, to which the outer toe is united at thebase ; claws stout, curved and sharp. The Nutcracker, though not uncommon in some partsof Europe, occurs in this country so rarely that the examplesrecorded as obtained may be here enumerated. The first * Corms caryocatactes, Linnteus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 157 (1766).t Ornithologie, ii. p. 46 (1760). NUTCRACKER. 331 known is said by Pennant (Br. Zool. Ed. 1, p. 78 note, and

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