32 Birds of Canada. 
Sub-Family SITTINE.—The Nuthatches. 
WHITE-BELLIED NUTHATCH. 
Sitta carolinensis —The W hite-bellied Nuthatch. 
This nuthatch is one of our common summer 
birds, and sometimes remains in Canada through 
the winter. Color, ashy-blue above ; the under 
parts, white; top of the head and neck, black. 
Nests, in a hole in a stump or tree; eggs, six, 
dull white. Feeds upon insects. At night it 
attaches its feet to the bark of a tree, and sleeps’ 
with its head downwards. 
S. canadensis —TVhe Red-Bellied Nuthatch. 
The Red-bellied Nuthatch is smaller than the 
preceding species ; the belly, reddish-brown ; in 
other respects it is similar to the White-bellied 
Nuthatch. 
