Fig. 21. The male Nuthatch icas a handsome bird with a 

 glossy black crown. 



and utter a soft "yank, yank" until she gave an answering 

 "yank" from within. He did not spend much of his time 

 in the apple tree^ for to have done so would have advertised 

 his home too conspiciously, but he was always within sight 

 in the w^oods across the road. He could often be heard dili- 

 gently hammering to get grubs that were concealed beneath 

 the bark. 



