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Spotted Nutcracker - Nucifraga caryocatactes
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Common name: Spotted Nutcracker

Scientific name: Nucifraga caryocatactes

Accession number: 164

Materials: Watercolour on paper

When painted: January, 1837

Inscription on reverse: "Nutcracker. Nucifraga Caryotactes. Temmk. From a stuffed specimen lent by Mr Macduff Carfrae, Edinburgh. Edinburgh. 10th january, 1873. WMcG."

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