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202. SITTA CANADENSIS (Linnsus). 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



"Migrant. In my collection is one example taken 

 October 4, 1888, the only one I have ever met with." 

 (1891c). 



The red-breasted nuthatch is not a regular migrant 

 in Alabama, but should more properly be classed as a 

 straggler. 



No. 93. Male (adult) Greensboro. Oct. 4, 1888. W. C. Avery.. 



203. SITTA PUSILLA (Latham). 

 Brown-headed Nuthatch. 



"Common. Resident. Breeds." (1891c). 



May 1, 1888, a set of five eggs was taken two miles 

 west of Greensboro. "Nest was in a post, about five feet 

 from the ground. The parent when exposed by having 

 the excavation, in which she was sitting, laid open to the 

 bottom, did not move 'till the hand was extended to take 

 her from the nest. The entrance to the nest was a cir- 

 cular hole about two inches in diameter ; the cavity being 

 about ten inches deep and three or four inches wide, the 

 hole at the bottom being extended laterally and excavated 

 so as to receive the nest. This was of cotton and hair, 

 lined with the samarse of maple or ash." Eggs measured : 

 .59 by .45, .56 by .45, .56 x .44, .58 by .47, and .56 by .45. 



May 2, 1888, a set of four eggs was taken near the 

 same locality. Incubation just begun. "Nest was about 

 four feet from the ground in a dead pine stump; bird 

 sat on nest till I broke away outside shell and exposed her 

 to view." Eggs measured : .62 by .48, .60 by .48, .65 by 

 .47, and .63 by .47. 



The Doctor records seeing brown-headed nuthatches in 

 Baldwin County, Oct. 2, 1892. 



No. 222. Male. Greensboro. Sept. 22, 1889. W. C. Avery. 



No. 423. Male. Greensboro. Mar. 15, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 424. Female. Greensboro. Mar. 15, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 641. Female. Greensboro. Sept. 4, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 885. Male. Anniston. July 1, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



No. 965. Male. Greensboro. Dec. 23, 1891. W. C. Avery. 



