FAMILY Sittidct 

 FAMILY SITTID.E: NUTHATCHES 



Slender-billed nuthatch. Sitta carolin- 



ensis aculeata. 5.50 



Distribution: Pacific Coast district from 

 interior of British Columbia to northern 

 Lower California and east to the Cascades 

 and Sierra Nevadas. The Rocky Mountain 

 nuthatch, a closely related species, is found 

 in the interior of North America west as far 

 as the eastern base of the Cascades and 

 Sierra Nevadas. 



The slender-billed is the largest of the 

 western nuthatches and may be distinguished 

 from the other species by its white under- 

 parts, bluish gray upper-parts and black cap. 

 Its peculiar yajik, yank, call note, uttered in 

 a deliberate manner, is a good clue to its 

 identity. During its cross country trips from 

 ridge to ridge it may often be seen about the 

 orchards and wood-lots in the valleys busily 

 engaged in searching the rough bark of the 

 trees for small insects. 



^ Red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canaden- 

 ^^ sis, 4.50 



Distribution: Forest districts of northern 

 North America and higher mountains of the 

 United States, from Labrador and Alaska 

 south to middle United States. 

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