I2G TENUIKOSTRES. 



of the piiie-coiio, and tlie kernels of filberts and 

 hazel-nuts, also form a portion of their subsistence. 

 These latter they break by placing the nut in a 

 chink and striking it with their bill until they have 

 made a hole in the shell sufficiently large to enable 

 them to get at the kernel. They deposit their eggs 

 in the hole of a tree, or in the deserted nest of a 

 woodpecker, upon a small collection of dead leaves, 

 principally those of the oak. 



The type of the race, — ■ 



The European Nuthatch {Sitta Eitropceo), has a stouter 

 and straigliter bill than the generality of the Creepers, 

 It is a small bird, measuring little more than five inches 

 and a half in length, and is common in many parts of 

 Europe, especially in the South. 



