64 NUTHATCH. 
chin, white; throat and breast, buff-colour; the latter chesnut 
on the sides, and towards the neck, with a tinge of orange; 
back, light slate-colour. Tail, except the two middle feathers, 
which are light slate-colour, black at the base, grey at the 
end, with a patch of white between these two colours on the 
three outside feathers, lessening inwards; legs, toes, and claws, 
light brown, the former scaled. 
