WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 
727. NSitta carolinensis. 6 inches. 
Male with the crown bluish black; female with the 
crown gray; both sexes with chestnut under tail coverts. 
These birds seem to be the very opposite of the Brown 
Creepers. Their tails are short and square, and nearly 
always pointed toward the zenith, for Nuthatches usually 
clamber among the branches and down the tree trunks, 
head first. 
Note.—A nasal “yank-yank,” and a repeated ‘“ya-ya,” 
all on the same tone. 
Nest.—In cavities of hollow limbs and trunks of 
trees at any elevation from the ground; the cavity is 
filled with leaves and usually lined with feathers; eggs 
white, spotted with reddish brown (.75 x .55). 
Range.—Fastern United States, breeding from the 
Gulf to southern Canada; resident in most of its range. 
727b. Florida White-breasted Nuthateh (atkinsi) is 
slightly smaller; other races are found west of the 
Rockies. 
