BIRDS—CERTHIADAE—SITTA PUSILLA. 377 
List of specimens. 
Catal. | Sex. Locality. [When collected.| Whence obtained. | Collected by— | Length. | Stretch | Wing. 
No. ; f wings. 
BHI a Selkirk Settlement_|....---------- Dr. Gunn <..-----|...--5----+0------ | Ae ee ort on 
818 G | Garlisle; Pa-c--.5— Oct lO 84 20 Sate bani se cece |= eee eee | 4.16 8.50 2. 66 
TRUTH SS ee doveecsaceo~ Aprile 5; 18¢59|-soso= (Ch eee ee een eee 4.58 8.12 2. 58 
5280 ref Cedarisiand;, Mou<| 1856522-2--<- IG ANChagseleers| (0D) ata Oh yok) aeere gs eS eraey pee ser ee (eso 
8890) |--2 <== Black Hills, Neb --| Sept. 30, 1857 |.----- dovcsvecsss|ssssse dosssocecse= | 4.50 8. 38 2. 50 
BESO iieesoe|eeosc2 doms=--ees|ceee8 doer Mii soe Owe ssa2e="-|Eoaae= dos aeneeaee | 4.25 | 7.50 2.57 
6838") oo son Sacramento, valley.|-oocesi=se5 =s== Lieut. Williamson.| Dr. Heermann | Seo sl pacocses |Sassosce 
6889) gon oe| ano Qe sesso tat |teeasesnaecneeceSoS d0sessssss52|2-se-- GRR aSenped posceeea | aeeeee |oesose = 
SITTA PUSILLA, Latham’. 
Brown-headed Nuthatch. 
Sitta pusilla, Latu. Index Orn. I, 1790, 263.—Wirson, Am. Orn. If, 1810, 105; pl. xv.—Nurrattr, Man. I, 1832, 
584.—Aup. Orn. Biog. I, 1834, 151; pl. 125.—Is. Birds Amer. IV, 1842, 181; pl. 249.—Bon. Obs. 
Wilson, 1825, No. 61—Is. Conspectus, 1850, 227. 
Sp. Cu.—Above ashy blue ; top of head and upper part of neck rather light hair brown, divided on the nape by white. [Kye 
involved in the brown, which is deeper on the lower border. Beneath muddy whitish ; sides and behind paler than the back. 
Middle tail feathers almost entirely like the back. Length of female 4 inches ; wing, 23. 
Hab.—South Atlantic (and Gulf?) States. 
Third, fourth, and fifth quills nearly equal, although the fourth is longest; second shorter 
than seventh. Above ashy blue; the top of the head and upper part of nape brown, the 
middle of the latter interrupted by a large whitish spot ; the lower edge of the brown involving 
the lower edge of the eye, and of a darker color than elsewhere. Chin and sides of head and 
throat below the brown white. Rest of under parts pale bluish ash, lighter than on the back, 
and tinged with dirty white on the throat, breast, and middle of abdomen. No white markings 
on the wings. Feathers of tail tipped with bluish; innermost feather like the back; others 
black ; the two outer with a subterminal bar of pale whitish. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. | Sex. Locality. When collected | Whence obtained. | Collected by— Length. | Stretch | Wing. 
No. | | of wings 
2398 |..--0- Savannahs Gas sosaan| eee soaeacenc Sipbuv Baird =. sees) OSs uecOnte a= sne=|snee ee as| seamen see 
3086 OF || hiberty;county, "Ga .-|/ 1846... .22.-|-..-.- d0ssssccusce | Wi); Jones 222.25 4.00 | 7.50 2,50 
0908 Mew aes doce. ty Reece ome ae eee | bate dowueeeeecis 4.40 | 8.00 | 2.75 
10 Na ae docs See ae | 5-62 aes ee doe. Searels lets dongegecaaee| (420: bi. 50L)| 20 
