SITTID Z—NUTHATCHES. 55 
SOUTHERN NUTHATCH. ve 
Sitta czesia Wolf. 
Adult: Upper parts as in S. europea, though perhaps 
slightly duller, dexeath brownish buff, shading into whitish on 
chin ; flanks washed with chestnut ; bill horn-colour ; legs and 
feet pale brown; irides hazel. Length 5°5 inches; culmen 
0°65; wing 3:35; tail 1°8; tarsus 0°7. 
Young: Beneath duller and browner, chestnut showing 
chiefly on under tail-coverts ; otherwise very similar to adult. 
Distribution: Inhabits Central Europe, including Great 
Britain, and is found in Asia Minor and Palestine. 
Habitat : Similar to S. europea. 
SYRIAN ROCK NUTHATCH. 
Sitta neumayeri JZch. 
Adult: Upper parts slaty-grey; a black line from base of 
bill through the eye down sides of neck ; wings and tail dull 
greyish-brown, latter tinged with russet; throat and _ breast 
white ; flanks, abdomen and under tatl-coverts almost uniform 
pale russet; bill horn-colour ; legs and feet lead colour ; 
Male: Length 5°6 inches; culmen 0°8; wing 3; tail 2; tar- 
sus 0°8. Female: slightly larger. 
Young: Similar, but generally paler, sides of head slightly 
tinged with buff; wings and tail rather greyer. 
Distribution: Inhabits Greece, Asia Minor and Syria ; 
has been recorded also from Spain. 
Habitat: Rocky ravines, cliffs. 
CORSICAN NUTEHATC H. 
Sitta whiteheadi Share. 
Adult Male: Above slaty-blue, shading into black on the 
crown ; quills brown, the outer webs washed with slaty-blue ; 
central rectrices like the back, the rest black at base, the outer- 
most three pairs blue at tips ; narrow frontal band and super- 
ciliary stripe greyish-white ; lores and ear-coverts black ; deneath 
