and fides s this is b&unded by a crefcent of black, which encircles
the neck behind: there are alfo two bands of the fame
colour, which paffing beneath the eyes, terminate at the corners
■ of the mouth: the tail tipped with blue green: the wings, as in
variety A : the bread white and yellow,: and under the body
yellow brown.
Corvus caryocataflcs, t in . § j]i • 2. p. 157. N,J 10.— Scop, arm. 2. p. 37.
N° 40.—Muller, p. 12.
laeCaflenoix, Brif.orti. ii. p. 59. N° 1. pi. 5. f. i .— B u fo i f . iii. p. 12a*
pi, 9.—-P L enl. 50.
Tannen-Heher, &c. Frifcb. t. 56.
Waldftarl, Steinheher, Kram. el. p. 334.
Caryocatadles, Rati Syn. p, Ar2.-— fFiU. orn. p. 132. pi. '20.
Nutcracker, Edw. pi. 240.—Br . Zool. ii. app, p. 625. pi, Zooi.
N°
B r • Muf. Lev» M u f
DiscRirTiom. g I Z E of a Magpie: length thirteen inches. The bill nearly
ftrait, about two inches in length, and black: irides hazel:
the feathers which fall over the noftrils bordered with brown s
upper part of the head, and nape of the neck, black : the general
colour of the plumage rufty brown, marked with triangular white
fpots, which are larged on the under parts : the vent white :
quills and tail black j the laft tipped with white : legs black.
We find thefe birds fcattered in many part-s of Europe, but no
where fo plenty as in Germany; they are found alfo in Sweden and
Denmark, where they frequent the mountainous parts; fometimes
come in vaft flocks into France, efpecially Burgundy; vifit Eng-
iand very feldom, not more than twice that I have heard of j once
mentioned
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NUTCRACKER.
mentioned in the Britifh Zoology to have been (hot in Flintjhire,
and another time in Kent, a mutilated fkin of which is now. in
the houfe. o f an acquaintance of mine. I am informed that they
are alfo in North America, but not near the fea-coafts. One has
been brought from Kamtfchatka by the late voyagers.
In manners it is faid greatly to referable the Jay, laying up a
ftore of acorns and nuts. In fome parts-keep chiefly in the pirte
forefts*, on the kernels of which it then feeds j but faid frequently
to pierce the trees like the Woodpecker, for which the bill
feems not unapt: makes its neft in holes of trees. Klein mentions
two varieties, one fmaller than the other j the largeft, he
fays, breaks the nuts to pieces, and the other pierces them. Both
feed at times on wild berries and infefts.
Corvus graculus, Lin. S y f. i. p. 158. N° 18,
Gracula pyrrhocorax, Scop. ann. i. p. 42. N° 46,
Monedula pyrrhocorax, HaJ/elqPJt. p. 238. N° 19,
Le Coracias, Br if. orn. ii. p. 3. pi. 1. f. i .— B u f. oif. iii. p. 1. pi. 1.—
PI. enl. 255.
Cornilh Chough, Rati Syn, p. 40, A, 6.—Will. orn. p. 126. pi,. 19,—
Albin. ii. pi. 24.— Borlafe. Cornvj. p. 249. pi. 24.
Red-legged Crow, B r . Zool. i. N° 80.
B r . Muf. L e v . Muf.
g I Z E of a Jackdaw : length nearly fixteen inches. The bill
above two inches long, much curved, lharp at the tip, and of
the colour of red iealing-wax: the irides have two circles, the
outer reddilh, the inner grey: the eye-lids red: the plumage
* Called by fome Pie do Sapinu
3 F wholly
M anners.,
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LEGGED
CROW.
D s s c r i p t io n *