Class II. NUTHATCH. ' 'iBS 



Strait triangular BILL. h'atch 



Short TONGUE, horny at the end, and jagged. 



Le grand Grimpereau, le a^.lll. c^^^.tah. ig.Jig.j. ^^^- N Y' 



Torchepot. Belon a'v. 304. Picchio grigio, Raparmo. Zi- 



Picus cinereus, feu Sitta. Gef- nan. 74. 



ner a-v. 711. Notwacka, Notpacka. Faun, 



Ziolo. AUr. au. I. ^IJ' Suec. fp. 104. 



The Nuthatch, or Nut-job- Danifi Spcett-meife. hor^. 



ber. ml. orn. 142. Nat-Bake. Br. 42. 



Rail fyn. a^. 47. Klener, NufTzhacker. Kranu 



The Woodcracker. P/o//'/ 362. 



/.//?. 0;c. 175. Blau-fpecht. Frijch.l. 39. 



Sitta Europ^a L/«. ^/. 177- ^^- '^^^^' ^^- P^l\^ 



Le Torchepot, Sitta. Brijfon Barlefs. 5co/c//, No. 57. 



THE nuthatch weighs near an ounce; its Descrip, 

 length is near five inches three-quarters ; 

 breadth nine inches -, the bill is ftrong and (Irait, 

 about three quarters of an inch long ; the upper 

 mandible black, the lower white : the irides hazel ; 

 the crown of the head, back, and coverts of the 

 wings are of a fine bluiili grey : a black ftroke 

 pafTes over the eye from the mouth : the cheeks and 

 chin are white : the breaft and belly of a dull o- 

 range color; the quil feathers dufky ; the wings 

 underneath are marked with two fpots, one white 

 at the root of the exterior quils ; the other black at 

 thejointof the baftard wing; the tail confifts of 

 twelve feathers ; the two middle are grey : the two 

 S A. exterior 



