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NUTHATCHSS. 



Fis. 371. 



central feathers, tail black with a band of white, fig. 371. 



Female, with black of 

 head obscured by bluish. 

 Breeds throughout east- 

 ern U. S. into the British 

 Provinces, south into the 

 Carolinas, west to the 

 eastern margin of the 

 Great Plains ; chiefly res- 

 ident. Frequents alike 

 woodlands, orchards and 

 ornamental trees. Ordi- 

 nary call, a harsh ^^Cach'''' 

 also an interrupted series 

 of calls given in a rather 

 CC, T, a, 1. minor tone, suggesting 



the familiar call of the Flicker. Common. 



1*. FLORIDA WHITE-BELLIED NUTHATCH, S. c. 

 ATKiNSi. Differs from 1 in being smaller, a little darker, 

 more grayish-white beneath. With flanks tinged with gray- 

 ish. Female, with head black, or nearly so. Fla. west along 

 the Gulf coast to Miss., north to the coast region of N. C. 

 where it intergrades with 1. Has a singular low, warbling 

 song given usually while flying restlessly about. 



2. RED-BELLIED NUTHATCH, S. canadensis. 4.50; 

 differs from 1 in color in having a black line through eye 

 broadening out behind it ; hind neck like back, strongly 

 tinged with reddish beneath, fig. 372. Female has the head 

 line bluish and is lighter below. Breeds in the forests of 

 northern N. A. from Mass. to Labrador south along the high- 

 er Alleghanies to N. C. south in winter from Mass. to the ex- 

 treme southern states; south in Aug., Sep., and Oct. ; north 

 in April. Notes, a little sharper than 1, and more deliberate 

 when breeding. Found nearly everywhere, but most com- 

 monly in woodlands. 



